Aiden’s Repair Nearly Complete!

Published: October 23, 2009Posted in: Aiden's UpdatesTags:
Aiden’s Repair Nearly Complete!

8:33AM MST – Aiden completed the transition of meds as well as all the lines (arterial) and equipment with perfect stat levels. (A good start) … Dr. Campbell and his team will actually begin the operation now. We get updates every 1 to 1.5 hours on his condition from the Surgery Coordinator. I will post them here as well as my facebook (http://www.facebook.com/levibeers) as soon as I get them.

9:30AM MST – Aiden successfully made it onto the Heart & Lung machine with no complications. Repair will begin (currently about 30 minutes underway). We were told would last 3-4 hours. So far a miraculous beginning. God is great and we have faith in this day, this is the Lords miracle.

10:40AM MST – Aiden’s Pulmonary Arteries were successfully repaired from being very far apart. They used a biomesh as the heart tissue they used was a little stretchy, but he handled everything PERFECTLY. 5 miracles and counting just today! Now they are going into the heart for further repair.

12:30PM MST – Aiden’s leaky Mitral Valve has been repaired, poor man’s (visual) test indicate success.

2:00PM MST – The COLD machine will be used to cool Aiden down, to then install the BT Shunt. After he will be warmed and attempted to be taken off the heart & lung machine.

3:32PM MST – Aiden’s BT Shunt was installed and Aiden successfully came off of the Heart & Lung machine, an ECHO was performed to check the valve, it is still leaking however it is much better than it was. Our OR Coordinator has said that no one was sure if he would come off the Heart & Lung, however he did and his stats stabalized perfectly. They said about another hour until he’s out of the OR. I expect we’ll speak with Dr. Campbell after the surgery to see what we can expect with the valve. It was a severe+ leak so you can imagine that the level of progress they have made is ASTOUNDING.

4:00PM – Bleeding has subsided from Aiden’s BT Shunt. They are monitoring and once entirely stopped he will be closed up, sternum left open for any kind of issues that arise. We will be notified once the surgery is complete and Aiden is out of the OR. God has shown us SO MANY miracles today, where many said Aiden would need a miracle from God. Here’s your proof :) Thanks Lord. We are basking in your miraculous day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:25PM – Bleeding has quit from Aiden’s OP. He’s “closed up” with a sternum patch and will be transferred to the CICU. From what happened in the OR they are pretty happy with how things went. All of the repairs have been completed and now it’s all up to little Aiden’s little body to recuperate. Dr. Campbell has said the surgery went very well and his valve so far is working fine, the next 48 hours will tell how things will go. If Aiden takes a serious dive, they told us there isn’t much they can do. However, if the repairs work, we’re in a whole new GOOD ballgame. The Lord has been great, but don’t keep praying. We need all the prayers we can get so he makes it through this critical phase.

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