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