Today began bright and early with Caleb being taken back to the OR (well, I went with him till he was 'asleep') at 7am. We did not realize the anesthesia part would take up so much of the operating time, but they had to start three central lines for him after he was asleep. We received our first call about 9 AM that the surgery had begun, so we thought we would have just a few hours to wait until he would be done. Well, 3 hours turned into 4 and finally by hour 5.5 we received a call saying that he was off the heart and lung bypass machine and he would be done in about an hour. By 3:15 we were meeting with one of the surgeons who said that things went well. It took so long just because there was so much that needed repairing. Kinda scary when one of the surgeons describes the holes in Caleb's heart as "huge". :( Tonight he is trying to rest, but being a pickle about it. He is obviously irritable from everything and very restless. His blood pressure is also very low and they have tried giving him blood, extra fluids, medicine, etc. and nothing is working too well so far. Here's hoping with a little rest from sedation it will help. He was on the heart and lung bypass machine a long time, so they are thinking he needs lots of extra fluids tonight to hopefully help the low BP. We thank you all so much for the notes, comments and prayers today on all of our behalf. We have a VERY long road ahead to get Caleb well enough to come home, but here's hoping we are able to see a little progress each day!
Thank you all so much.
We certainly covet your prayers for our precious little guy!
Joanna
We are certainly praying for all of you, but especially your precious little boy. We are so thankful that the surgery went well.
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