Update 2

Hi all, its about 4:30. Baby had his procedure this morning an Atrial Septostomy and it was successful, he's doing great right now. His oxygen level in his blood is up and he's just "Chillin" that's a clinical term you know! The cardio surgeon said the little man will be "Chillin" for the next couple days. He had a fever after the procedure but they got that taken care of.

We got some great news from our cardio surgeon today. She'll be performing little man's open heart surgery. It will be this Monday around noon. She descibed the whole procedure. She really knows her stuff and is very confident. She said his heart has all the right parts and we just need to switch around a couple pieces. The surgery has a 95% success rate. The one main issue is two tiny arteries need to be moved along with the main big arteries. Those little ones can get kinked. If they do they would have to go back in and touch it up a bit to un kink them. Little man will have a scar on his chest and he'll have a chest tube when he comes out of surgery. They'll keep him in the icu for 5-7 days. He'll be in the hospital for about 2-3 weeks after the surgery. Our cardio surgeon said he will not have to take cardio medicine for the rest of his life. He will have to visit a cardiologist though at least once a year for the rest of his life. I asked if he can still be active and play sports and she said yes he can. Some docs don't want the arterial switch patients to play contact sports (football and hockey) but its a case by case basis. So that was a great thing to hear. I didn't want him to be left out of a major part of a kids life, being active. She said he should live a perfectly healthy life. She told a story of an arterial switch patient who went to one of UofM's congential heart defect patient picnics and went up to a doc who did his surgery 20 yrs ago to say thanks. The kid is now the captain of his football team and is 6-7. So its nice to hear those success stories, it gives much hope. So thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who have been sending well wishes, praying, reading the blog, its working! He's doing really well and I know were not out of the woods yet but its looking up and I thank you all for thinking of us during this crazy time.