Surgery

Sorry for the lack of update last night. We didn't get back to a room until around 10 and had to get Emmie to sleep so she would be ready for this morning.

On the cath, they found that her left pulmonary artery (which was small at her initial surgery and had to be patched in hopes that it would grow) has not grown and in fact is now stenosed (or narrowed). There is a little blood flow through it but it wasn't big enough to pass a guide wire through in order to dilate it. That was discouraging b/c it could mean that they would have to approach the surgery in a different manner. We met Dr. del Nido who will be performing the surgery and he was very optimistic that he would be able to bypass the stenotic segment and do the expected repair. We are choosing to be optimistic and look forward to good news early this afternoon. Emmie's surgery will start at 8:30 am with line placement, etc. The actual surgery probably won't start until 9:30. It should last 4-5 hours and hopefully we will be able to see her mid-afternoon. They will update us throughout the surgery and I will try to keep all of you updated as well. Sorry to worry everyone yesterday, but I didn't have a way to update and we were pretty stressed. Thanks again for all of the thoughts and prayers. We appreciate each of you and please send extra ones this morning.

Amy