The bad news is that the doctors don’t want to do the surgery until he’s at least the size of a full-term baby. However, within approximately a week, the medicine they’re giving him to keep him alive will result in his blood pressure dropping so low that it would kill him. So, they have no choice but to attempt the surgery within seven to ten days. The risk of this surgery to a full-term baby is about 10%. For a pre-mature baby like our son, it’s considerably higher…over 50%. The doctor said that of the 351 different kinds of congenital heart defects, this is one of the most complex and difficult to fix because they not only have to switch the two arteries, they also have to move the coronary arteries. If they don’t get those arteries ALL attached correctly, our son will have a heart attack.
Please continue praying. I mean it when I say that we can feel your prayers, and I pray it is God’s will that our son survives and thrives. No matter what, though, God is good and I know He loves our son even more than we do. His will be done.
UPDATE (Monday Dec 5, 2005 7:22 PM):
Mom: Is recovering nicely. Considering the surgery she went through, she’s recovering remarkably quick.
Baby: They were able to remove the tube feed, ventilator, and catheter today. He is breathing just fine on his own, and the doctors plan to start feeding him breast milk tomorrow. He will be transported to Oklahoma City next Monday and the surgery will likely be the following Wednesday. Please keep praying as there are still potentially great problems, but the doctors have been amazed at how well he is doing. Praise God! Following are a few more pictures we took today at the hospital.
Originally posted at: http://meanderingaphorisms.blogspot.com/
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