Fontan Scheduling

Just a quick note to let you all know that we are scheduling the date for Audra's third surgery - the Fontan. Going a bit crazy. It will be good to be able to plan and then have the surgery behind us but our anxiety level is very high right now. It looks like we will get a date in October. 

More later!

Home sweet home!

We arrived home after a long day at UofM. Audra is such a super star! She did so well. She had no issues and is a "perfect candidate" for the Fontan (her third surgery). She required no intervention and had little issues. 

It did take us a while to get back and see her because she had issues with the blood thinner. But better late than never. We have learned to be patient. It was hard when the receptionist was on a

personal call hereby the person on the other side was directed that "you tell your baby momma that you ain't got not no money to pay for a rental car." It was better than tv. 

Back to the issues. Audra had a fair amount of sedation and so she was very sleepy, even when we left. By the time we got home, she had slept it off and was in a much better mood. We had a nice evening out in the neighborhood and Audra is sleeping well. Her sister, on the other hand, still needs another story to fall asleep. 

Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers! We should be set for a while - at least until the fall. We really hope not to be back at the hospital until late October. 

All the best!

Cath - Good News

They are done with the cath and all went well! No intervention was needed. We should be able to leave this afternoon! We are waiting to talk to the doctor to find out all of the details but we wanted to pass along the good news while we have a chance. 

We will have to be in recovery for 4 hours. Recovery is never fun but it is a good feeling to hopefully be headed home today!

Pre-op day

The pre-op day today went well. Audra is a true sleep fighter. But we have known that :) She did really well until our meeting with the doctor doing her cath at the end of the day. She was cranky, hungry and over being at the hospital. Fortunately, a yummy snack did the trick but we could tell that our doctor prefers the cath lab to crying kids. 

At the echo, they were able to see flow on her left pulmonary artery. This is a good thing! It increases the chances that the doctor tomorrow will not have to do an intervention. We will not know for sure until they are doing the cath tomorrow morning so please continue to keep Audra in your prayers and thoughts!

We have an early morning tomorrow as Audra's cath is first case - meaning she goes first. The doctor expects that her cath will last 3 hours, which is on the shorter side of the estimate. We are not banking on this but it is good to hear. Our bags are packed in case we have to stay overnight and it is an early bedtime for our entire household. The hospital is tiring!

Thank you for your continued love and support! We will update as soon as we have a chance tomorrow. 

All the best!