The Surgeon

We talked to the surgeon a few minutes ago. First let us say he is amazing. Not only does he have great medical knowledge but he is so kind to us.

This is for those of you with medical background or knowledge....he had to be really careful going in because the aorta was right behind his sternum. He saw that on the CT scan. Thank heavens for all the testing that was done previous to surgery. He enlarged the right ventricle so that he could put a conduit, with a valve, on. The conduit is actually a jugular vein with a valve from a cow. He had previously explained to us why he likes to use those. He closed the VSD, the hole between the ventricles, ot lower part of the heart, and made the hole between the upper chambers adjustable.

The surgeon had just checked on him again and said his pressures in his heart look good and he is SATing at 98-99. He is on 60% oxygen. He expects his crit to return to normal after some time. It was at 61. It should be at about 40. The high crit count was one of our main concerns.

We want to thank everyone for all the fasting and prayers offered on our behalf. We know we were guided to this surgeon. Even thouhgvits hard being so far away we know we were meant to find this surgeon.

Please forgive all the spelling errors. We are finally going too see him. Thanks again.