Tate's surgery went wonderfully! It went quicker than we had anticipated and everything really is going much faster than we thought it would. He will most likely be moved out of the PICU this afternoon/evening, which is like less than 24 hours after surgery. Crazy! Of course, now that I say that, watch the nurses/doctors change their minds. Either way, he's doing amazingly well and we just couldn't be happier. We have felt all the love, support and prayers on our and Tate's behalf. I know those prayers are the only thing that got us through yesterday like it was nothing at all. Its now 22 hours after we had to hand him over to the surgery team, and we just got to hold him for the first time, which again was much sooner than we had anticipated. I held him for a while and fed him a bottle which he downed, and now Ryan is rocking him while I update the blog. He's drinking his milk faster than I can pump it he's really doing so great. We're about to go to the cafeteria for lunch and to pump some more while he's full as a tick and sleeping. Here are two pictures from our day yesterday.
This is in Pre-Op "3". We sat in these rocking chairs for a long time waiting to be taken back for the surgery. Tate was super hungry and eventually gave up and fell asleep. He was sleeping when I handed him off to the anestialogist @ 2pm.
6:30pm was when we were allowed to go to the PICU to go see Tate for the first time. So only 4 1/2 hours from the time we said "goodbye" till we got to say "hello" again.
We love this sweet little baby.
6:30pm was when we were allowed to go to the PICU to go see Tate for the first time. So only 4 1/2 hours from the time we said "goodbye" till we got to say "hello" again.
We love this sweet little baby.
Tate looks great. I am so glad that it went well and that he is recovering so quickly. He is one amazing little boy. Hope things continue to go smoothly.
ReplyDeleteHe is absolutely precious! I'm so happy things are going well.
ReplyDeleteI have been dying to get to the computer and see how everything went! (We've been out of town.) I am SO glad it went well! And, I look forward to the updates of how he grows and changes now that this has been taken care of.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad it went so well!!! When do you get to go home?
ReplyDeleteHi, I found your blog and wanted to post a note about congenital heart defects.
ReplyDeleteMy son Jacob is 2 years old now and was born with a heart defect: Transposition of the Great Arteries (d-TGA). We did not know before he was born and he had to be emergency transfered to Primary Children's Medical Center. He had open heart surgery at Primary's when he was 5 days old.
I am part of a local non-profit support group called Intermountain Healing Hearts. I do not know if anyone there at Primary's has talked to you about our group. We have over 175 families with children who have various CHD and even some CHD adults in the group! What a blessing it has been to be able to talk with and ask questions of other “heart families” who truly understand what your family is going through.
The group website is: www.IntermountainHealingHearts.org
We also have a Forum for discussion/email exchange: http://ihhforum.org/forum/
We would love to have you join our group. Please let me know if we can be of help to your family in anyway.
Christina Davis
christina@intermountainhealinghearts.org
www.jacobsheart.blogspot.com
that x-ray room was not a favorite of Caleb's either!
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