Well, it seems like a dream, but she's out of surgery and Dr. Spray just came to talk to us. He said it was "routine" and nothing out of the usual for him. Waaaaaay out of the usual for me, but I was glad to hear there were no surprises. He said she tolerated the procedure well and she's in ICU now getting rewarmed (oh, that sounds so icky to me). He said the her O2 levels went lower once he did the surgery so he had to close up the fenestration somewhat so there wasn't so much blue blood flow between the heart and pulmonary artery.
He also said her heartbeat was strong after surgery, which is great. Once the heart has been "turned off" for awhile, it sometimes doesn't want to get back to work, so that was a concern we had. Hope it keeps up the job it's supposed to do.
We won't be able to go back and see her for about 45 minutes to an hour. They're going to try taking out her breathing tube and get her set up with all the wires and whatnot. I'll post more when I can.
Please keep her in prayer for no kidney damage, no brain damage, no excess fluid around the lungs and heart, and stable heart rhythm. She still has a lot of recovering to do, and we are told that it sometimes take three days or so before fluid starts to accumulate, so she's not out of the woods yet.
Love,
Petrie
3 comments:
Thanks for taking the time to update the blog.
Continuing to pray,
Lara
Petrie,
I'm praying for Katie Mei. I've been following your blog but just haven't had the time to comment and leave you a message.
Petrie--good to see the update. So happy it went well--praying that she sails through the recovery and you're out of there in record time. Hang in there Mom! Lisa A
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