We have gotten a couple of surgery updates so far from the nurse. Surgery is going well- Landon went under the anesthesia just fine. They had a little bit of trouble getting a line in for anesthesia but that happened on both the BT Shunt and the Cath. Baby blood vessels are TINY!
The surgeon has taken out the BT Shunt and Landon is on the heart/lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass) while they finish the Glenn. We were told yesterday that it is actually a relatively quick procedure (the 3 hour surgery time includes a lot of before and after the glen). We were told they overshot the pulmonary artery a little bit and had to put in a goretex patch (that's right, the stuff in your boots that makes them waterproof) . This is not a huge surprise to us, we knew there would be some patching and that synthetic material was a possibility. The goretex patch is something he should be able to keep the rest of his life.
So all in all, nothing "exciting" but we like that! Give me a boring NON Grey's Anatomy or House surgery any day!! Things are going well and it sounds like pretty routine for the most part. Thanks for your prayers! We'll try to post again once he's out of surgery or if there is anything significant before then.
Praise God for the good reports so far! Man, it seems like we were just in your shoes, but in reality we just passed the 4 year mark last week for Ethan's Glenn surgery! We'll continue to pray for a smooth & "non-exciting" recovery now! This recovery was the easiest of the 3 surgeries for Ethan so we'll pray for similar results for you little man too!
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Julie, Dan, Ethan & Caleb Miles