Well, the Heart Cath surgery came and went without any excitement. Praise God. The surgery was for anASD which is pretty common. Dr Khan was able to close the hole Jaden had in his heart with a "moderate" size device. He originally thought that there was one small hole but found two small holes when he went in with the camera. The surgery took about 45 minutes but the actual time from the nurse taking him away to us being able to see him was about an hour and 15 min. We were treated like kings at Driscoll Children's Hospital and were blessed to see a lot of people from our church there, including our overnight nurse. Jaden had everything he could ever want. He was sipping on juice, had The Wiggles playing on a TV/DVD combo the nurse brought in especially for him, and he was doing so well that by that evening, he was eating Chicken strips w/fries. Praise God. He got up the next morning and had 2 sausage patties and a biscuit. He was so spoiled, that i had to take him down a notch when he got home. Just kidding. But, he really was milking it.
Jaden had his follow up appointment this week and the doc said he was doing very well. He actually grew 1/2 an inch in a little over a week and his vitals were very stable and considered "normal." He's been talking a lot more and has kept up his appetite, so it looks like the next thing for him will be to take out his G-tube. Please pray that we don't ever have to use the tube again and that we can take it out asap. Pictures are as follows: 1. The day we got home. Apparently he was ready to leave again. 2. Jaden chillin' with some sausage, the wiggels, balloons etc. 3. The chart from the doctor describing the repair. The actual repair is the anvil looking thing that is above the circled number 83. 4. The incision at the top of his right leg (yes he can do a split). 5. The morning after taking a sonogram.
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