Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Third Update

We were just informed that Blake is doing great thus far. After creating the original shunt (Blalock shunt) to supply blood to the lungs and inspecting the anatomy of the heart the surgeon has decided to change their approach to the surgery. They will be creating a new shunt (Sano shunt) going from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle and removing the original shunt. This was done to allow better flow of blood to the lungs. This will extend the surgery by a little we were told, but not by much.

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