Warped Ken Doll

I know the title is kinda weird, but the reason is that my Mommy was putting clothes on me that were huge the other day, like she was playing dress up with me. I gotta admit, I did look dang cute though. Anyways, I just wanted to let everyone know how much it means to me and Mommy and Daddy and big brother that you all are thinking about me when my surgery is done next week. I have been staying steadily at over 12 pounds which is good and the doctors said that I will gain weight even quicker after the surgery. Before you know it, I be as big as my Uncle Garrett. ;0)Well I will talk to you later and we will keep the blog updated as much as possible next week. Love you all, Ayden

Another Surgery... Another Trip to Portland

Well here it is folks. The news everyone has been waiting for. I am scheduled to be in Portland on Tuesday the 30th for a sedated echo at 8am. Then the next day, I will have my surgery, mostly likely first thing in the morning. Remember this procedure is called the bi-directional Glenn procedure. Basically, what is done, is the BT Shunt will be removed. The doctors will connect the SVC (Superior Vena Cava) to the pulmonary arteries that go to the lungs from the heart. This will send all the blue (un-oxygenated)blood from the upper part of the body to the lungs without going through the heart. This will take a lot of the extra work my heart is doing off line. Right now, my heart is sending oxygenated blood to the body, and also sending the oygenated and un-oxygenated blood to the lungs. The other surgery that I will have later on (Fontan) will connect the IVC (inferior vena cava) to the pulmonary arteries, so all my heart will have to do after that is pump blood to rest of the body, nothing else. Recovery time is unknown, so we are hoping for the shortest time possible. Anyways, also I finally hit 12 pounds yesterday. This is good. I also learned how to blow raspberries. I am so cute! Well gotta go. Love, Ayden