After a delay in surgery, or maybe someone told us to be here at 8:30 and we didn't have to be here until 10. Quinn headed back around noon. It took them some time to get her ready for surgery and she was on the bypass machine around 1. The heart surgery itself was pretty quick. They repaired a Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA ligation). According to Dr. Google, this is a problem because "When the ductus arteriosus stays open, oxygen-rich (red) blood passes from the aorta to the pulmonary artery, mixing with the oxygen-poor (blue) blood already flowing to the lungs". They fixed her PFO (hole in her heart) which was bigger than expected. They also did a pulmonary valvotomy to widen the narrowing of her pulmonary valve and also reshaped her valve (it will never be perfect). They are pretty confident at this time that the gradient will be down to the 30's which can mean no more problems for the rest of her life (that is the goal and the hope). They will watch it for life.
She was pretty crabby when she started coming out of anesthesia. They didn't let us in to see her until after 5, which was pretty stressful, but they wanted to calm her down. After we met with her normal cardiologist, they let us in. It was a pretty rough night, she was supper agitated. They kept giving her different variations of meds to keep her calm. Finally found a good one in the middle of the night. She's been spiking a fever, was at 103.1 last night, but they are working on getting it down today. She's a lot calmer on day 2. Still has a chest tube in with some bleeding, they hope to remove that tomorrow. She's slowly starting to wake up now (3:15PM). They have her off of oxygen, she's comforting herself with a pacifier (which she doesn't normally take), but we can't hold her with all of the tubes and IV's (she's got one in her neck, one in her arm, one in her foot, plus a catheter, and the chest tube).
Amazing how much they can endure and mommy and daddy too! Stay strong she is tough praying
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what they can endure. And mommy and daddy. Stay strong she is tough praying for you all kisses and hugs
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what they can endure. And mommy and daddy. Stay strong she is tough praying for you all kisses and hugs
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