We went to see the cardiac surgeon on wednesday and we are good to go for surgery next wednesday. He said as far as heart surgery goes its one of the simpler ones they do in terms of actual procedure and follow-up. Once it's fixed it's fixed. Almost no follow-up. That means one more specialist checked off the list! haha. He is very confident that repairing her PDA will significantly improve her eating and weight gain. He said she has to work so hard to eat and said that when she eats it's feels to her like she has to eat and run at the same time. That really put it in perspective for me. I would cry too if I had to eat a sandwich and run a marathon at the same time!
We go in for pre-surgical testing on tuesday... xrays, labs, all that stuff. We will get to be with little peanut right up until they take her to the OR and we will get to see her right after surgery before they take her to the PICU. She will likely be in the PICU for a couple days then to step-down for a couple days. After surgery she is going to have a chest tube to drain any fluid and she will probably be on a ventilator for about a day.
Mommy has a busy busy day getting ready for little lovers baptism tommorow!!! We are so excited! She will be wearing the same Christening gown as her daddy! (And now has gorgeous pictures in it thanks to Noel!) It will be nice for the family to see her because I put her on lockdown for the winter! haha. I am going be a little nuts about people not touching her. =p
Ok well I keep everyone posted on her surgery as much as I can. I will be living at the hospital so we will see how that works out. Thanks for all the prayers and support for our little trooper!
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