Well, the day is finally here. I have to say that I wasn't sure it was ever going to happen so I was really a little caught off guard when the anesthesiologists wheeled his bed out of his ICU room down the hall to surgery. He had been pretty sedated for most of the weekend but as the weekend progressed, his stats were not looking so good. He had a pretty good "Tet spell" when I was there on Saturday morning that was pretty scary. This is when his oxygen saturation in his blood drops extremely low causing him to turn blue. Usually when this happens to Ethan, he is screaming. But this time he was completely calm and didn't come out of it right away. Normal saturation levels are 96-100% for us but for Ethan, his normal is 75-85%. During this spell, they hung around 30-40%. Saturation this low for any period of time can cause brain damage so this was pretty scary. Also, this morning his heart rate kept dropping as well. I guess just another sign that its time for his heart to get fixed.
He still has no signs of flu or sickness but everyone is still being cautious. He has been in the OR since 9am but it takes about 3 hours of prep just to get to the actual surgery. Last update we had, they were just about to put him on the heart/lung bypass machine. Then his heart will be repaired. After that, the tricky part is getting him off the bypass machine. I will update later as I hear something.
Thank you all for your prayers. -h
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