Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Final Details
We just spoke with Dr. Ing and he confirmed what we always knew, Blake is a rock star! He did great in the cath and they did not have to insert a balloon. His pressures were not suppressed enough to warrant the intervention and he feels like if the aortic arch keeps growing on pace with Blake's growth, he will be fine.
The work they did in his previous two surgeries still look good.
All of his pictures, numbers and measurements make him a good candidate for the Fontan, which is now tentatively scheduled for July 12 (Bryan's Birthday)! The Fontan will be the final of his three planned open heart surgeries and this surgery will allow blood to flow directly to his lungs instead of having to be route through the right side of his heart first which required his heart to do less work.
I'll post a photo as soon as we see the little man.
Another success!
Blake is done and everything went great! They plan to move him to recovery in 20 min and send him home late tonight. We are still waiting on Dr. Ing to hear the full report on what he saw inside, but wanted to say a quick thank you for all of your prayers and support. God has once again kept our angel safe.
Update
We just got an update and everything is going great. All of Blake's vitals are strong and they are still taking pictures of his heart. They suspect he will be out within an hour.
All lines are in - go time
We just got an update that he went under anesthesia easily and all of his lines are in. Dr. Ing will be starting the cath procedure now.
Finally off
Blake just left with his anesthesiologist. They gave him a drug right before that they equated to two margaritas and it's clear that he's going to be a riot when he starts drinking. He looked great, and although STARVING, left in good spirits.
Monday, April 18, 2011
The Blake Adventure Continues
Tomorrow (4/19) we will start our next journey to treat Blake's heart. He will be going into Texas Children's Hospital in Houston to get his heart catheterized and to attempt a non-invasive intervention.
The procedure involves threading a tube and a camera up a femoral artery in Blake's leg, into his heart. Once inserted they will put dye throughout his heart so they can get a really clear picture of his anatomy and how everything is functioning. This procedure allows his surgeon to create a blueprint for his open heart surgery (planned for this summer) and hopefully to reduce the time he is in surgery. (video on the cath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzxSrLa1d0g&feature=youtube_gdata_player)
They will also be attempting to inflate a balloon in his aortic arch. This procedure is intended to help stretch out this area to increase his blood flow. The hope is if the balloon is successful, they will not have to touch his aortic arch in surgery which will again minimize the time he has to be on the heart-lung bypass machine.
The procedure is supposed to last approximately 3 hours with a recovery of 6 hours. This is an ideal, and we all know with special hearts we can't always count on the ideal.
Bryan is of course calm as always and I am a nervous basket case (again, as always). This is a minimally invasive procedure, but that doesn't make it any easier to hand over your seemingly healthy son to go under full anesthesia.
We will update the blog as the day goes on tomorrow. Please keep our boy in your prayers. Thank you.
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