We got a notification that Micah was put on bypass at 9:38a. We received another notification that surgery was going well, and a final notification that he was taken off bypass at 12:11p. We met with Micah's surgeon, Dr. Jonas at 1p. Dr. Jonas replaced Micah's pulmonary artery conduit that leads to his right and left pulmonary branches. He was even able to mostly closed the hole in his heart (his VSD between his right and left ventricles). This is MAJOR surgery and he told us Micah did really well but since he was still bleeding they decided to wait an hour before closing his chest.
We had lunch feeling SO relieved! Then we headed to to the CICU family waiting room. Around 2:30p we felt like something was wrong because Micah still wasn't in his recovery room and we hadn't heard from any doctors about his status. Heather, Micah's social worker, came and told us they decided not to close Micah's chest because the bleeding wasn't stopping. They needed time to clean him up and get him situated in the recovery room. It was almost 4p by the time we got to see our precious boy. He was so beautiful and I had so many flashbacks of his long hospital stay in 2014. He seems so much bigger lying in his bed. Nurses and doctors keep mentioning how big he looks.
He is on serious pain killers and a heavy paralytic - basically in a medical induced coma.He is so much stronger now! The doctors continue to tell us that he's stable and responding will to weaning his medications. They hope to close his chest sometime tomorrow.
We got a family photo in when Ray relieved me for the night. We weren't sure if we should let Dylan see Micah but he insisted. "Where's Micah? I need to check on him! He's in there? Where is he?!" It was adorable. We got a little video of him saying "I love you" to Micah for keepsake.
I feel really blessed to have such a wonderful little family. We'll continue with the updates! xoxo
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