Surgery Day

Update #4 -
Evan's surgery is complete! They used a cow jugular vein and valve. He is breathing and his heart it beating on its own in a regular rhythm. He hasn't needed any help with the pacer or anything like that. We are waiting to see him in ICU. Dr.'s were very pleased! Praise God!

Update #3 -
They just came in and said that he is off heart lung bypass. We will hear from the surgeon next once the chest tubes are in and he is closed and on his way to ICU.

Update #2 -
They just updated that Evan is on heart lung bypass and that Contegra has been chosen (bovine cow jugular vein and valve.) They said he is doing well. We are waiting to hear this has been completed and Evan is off the heart lung bypass.

Update #1 -
They had a hard time getting a central line started on Evan but were finally successful. They have started working through the scar tissue and are getting close to being through that. They will come back with another update once they are through that and he is on heart lung bypass.

Evan had a hard morning... It started yesterday when we were at preop. We were talking about him not wanting to take Versed. He said he wanted to walk into the operating room. The anesthesiologist told him he could give him an IV and give him Versed in his IV and he wouldn't have to drink it. Evan broke down and said he wasn't brave enough and he was sorry and everyone would be embarrassed but that he didn't want to walk in that he would rather take the Versed through the IV. We all had to convince him that he was the bravest boy we knew and that he was very strong and that taking Versed didn't change that - that we were very proud of him. So that was the plan. This morning we woke up and he was very nervous - had to keep going to the bathroom. When we got here they tried to get an IV but the first one failed, and then the second one failed. He began getting very nervous and upset. The only option at that point was to drink Versed or walk into the OR. He was crying. It made it a hard morning. They called his cardio, who we all love and Evan wanted him and I to walk in with him. So I suited up and carried my little (big) guy with Dr. McOmber down to the OR. He did good... was nervous but not crying. I sat him on the operating table and they put his mask on and he was asleep in no time. We are waiting now to hear that they are through the scar tissue.