I took these pictures of Ana before her surgery. She was playing and coloring, didn't seem nervous or scared at all. Although she had a moose stuffed animal that the hospital gave her yesterday and she practiced cutting off its legs on the drive to the hospital this morning. So I think she did know what was going on. (We did have two translators talk to her about it also).
I tried to blog from my phone, but it wouldn't work. So no play by play updates on the blog...
Anyway Ana's heart surgery went very smooth. They removed the piece of aorta that was too narrow and stitched her up. I got to see it and the good end was about as big around as a McDonalds straw and the narrow end had a whole in it the size of a pin. I can't imagine how any blood was getting through that at all.
She now has a pulse in her feet and Troy just texted me to let me know that they finally got her blood pressure under 100, which they have been working on since she got out of surgery. So it's looking good. If her blood pressure can stay down and she slows down on draining then she can leave the ICU tomorrow, if not she'll be in there one more day.
We are just so happy that that the surgery went well and are hoping the same for her recovery. I'll try to update again tomorrow.
5 comments:
I am so glad that everything went well. I am guessing that you are at pcmc? I love it there. They take such good care of the kids! So what would have happened if she was still in Ukraine and didn't have the surgery??? You guys are amazing. Hang in there.
That is great news, this could have never happened in Ukraine, she is so fortunate to be in your family.
Wow! Heart surgery? I think I remember vaguely hearing about this before. I'm glad everything has gone well so far. Good luck with the recovery.
I am so glad you posted and updated us. We were talking about it at lunch on Tuesday and missed you but new the surgery was scheduled for the first part of this month. I'm so glad she came through with flying colors!
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Now her little heart can keep up and her body can grow. I'm so glad to hear it went well.
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