Well, we went through pre opp today and it was a very long day. We were there at 8:30 this morning until 3:30 this afternoon. We met every single person you could possibly imagine ; including their pets :). Thankfully Brody slept very well last night but today wore him out and he is exhausted....he's already in bed and it's only 7pm local time.
The long and short of todays conversations were that his heart anatomy, which was complicated in the first place, has gotten even more complicated. It isn't an easy fix. The doctors and surgeons are saying right now they can't fix the current problem with one surgery as his heart has developed in such a way that he will need 2 surgeries to get him back to "normal". HOWEVER the surgeon can make his life easier by doing what they refer to as "The Glenn Surgery" which will make him "pink" vs staying "blue".
Here is someone elses blog about the same thing and it has a great picture of what surgery etc. will look like. http://www.severinbrenny.com/bidirectional_glenn_operation.html
This type of surgery will give Brody at least 2 more years before he needs surgery #2. The doctors arent sure which procedure they'll do at this point until they see what his heart looks like. They could chose the corrective surgery to replair his "DORV" condition or they could chose the Fontan surgury. Kids have hearts that keep growing until they are about 2 years old, so, his complicated heart could grow to be more complicated or easier to fix but we won't know until that date.
With all this being said, Wade and I are doing OK. We have our moments but we are trying to stay strong. Tomorrow will be THE HARDEST day of our lives...having to hand over our little guy to be cut open for surgery. At the same time we know it needs to be done and the doctors will do what is best for Brody.
Surgery is at 7:30am tomorrow. If Brody has "the Glenn Surgery" he will be in the OR for 3 hours and if they do the big surgery it would likely be 5 hours. We will post the results sometime tomorrow but keep up good thoughts and lots of prayers for Brody.
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