We are back in the room with our strong little man! Everything went great! Dr Kaza put the band on and felt confident about how tight/loose he tied it so he ended up closing Landen up. Landen was also placed on bypass for a total of 18 minutes. During that time Dr Kaza was able to open the heart, remove the tissue from the atrium and close the heart. He says that now you could drive a Mac truck through it which is a good thing (which is still crazy to me since normally this hole is a defect that would need to be closed). This is great and ensures that it will not be an issue for future surgeries and no need for any more cath procedures which can minimize future access points. He said his right atrium is in "tip top shape" and working perfectly which means that after restarting the heart there was no damage to the electrical system.
He will be sedated overnight for a good rest. They will monitor him closely for any bleeding, make sure his numbers stay steady and stable and then do another echo in the morning to see how things look after the night. Then sometime tomorrow if all looks well they can start to wake him up. The surgeon came in the room and said "thanks be to God, everything went well" ! Even down to the details of the Dr's who are caring for him God has shown he is taking care of our little boy!! God is good!
Landen's next 12 hours are critical. They will be the true test to know how he is doing with this modification. There are somethings that make the Dr T and Sarah (his fellow) feel that he may still get to much blood to his lungs but nothing that can't be managed with medication if needed. When placing the band it is important that they don't "tie" it to tight. The thought is that his pulmonary stenosis (restriction of the pulmonary artery valve) combined with the band will balance the flow over the next couple weeks. Our hope is that this is true and no medications will be needed.
For now however he is very stable and well cared for! The nurses are fighting over him and are trying to work out a schedule that will place each of them that already have history with Landen on each shift....what a blessing! He already has people fighting to be with him. He is a ray of light here and a blessing to many already :) most of all his parents and sisters!
Thank you all for your prayers through the day. Our God has a BIG plan for Landen and we cannot wait to see what the story will be. No doubt it is lining up to be a pretty cool one :)
Enjoying the journey,
George, Ashley, Madison, Lyla and Landen!
PS: I am not posting pictures of Landen post surgery until he has some time to recover, but he looks great considering all he has been through!
Landen's next 12 hours are critical. They will be the true test to know how he is doing with this modification. There are somethings that make the Dr T and Sarah (his fellow) feel that he may still get to much blood to his lungs but nothing that can't be managed with medication if needed. When placing the band it is important that they don't "tie" it to tight. The thought is that his pulmonary stenosis (restriction of the pulmonary artery valve) combined with the band will balance the flow over the next couple weeks. Our hope is that this is true and no medications will be needed.
For now however he is very stable and well cared for! The nurses are fighting over him and are trying to work out a schedule that will place each of them that already have history with Landen on each shift....what a blessing! He already has people fighting to be with him. He is a ray of light here and a blessing to many already :) most of all his parents and sisters!
Thank you all for your prayers through the day. Our God has a BIG plan for Landen and we cannot wait to see what the story will be. No doubt it is lining up to be a pretty cool one :)
Enjoying the journey,
George, Ashley, Madison, Lyla and Landen!
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| Landen pre-surgery |
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| Post surgery X-Ray showing central, cath, pacing wires and other stuff.... |
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