Success!!

We had our consult with Forbess at 2:45pm.  For your entertainment, here is a photo of the size of that consultation room we were going crazy in!  

4-5 hours turned into 6 1/2, but things are going well.

He actually decided to close the chest cavity, because he wasn't concerned about swelling.

He used a 16 mm conduit instead of 14 like he thought.

He was able to perform the Rastelli, and the baffling has no blockage.  This means she has a biventricular heart.

Echo looks good!  The electrical rhythm of her heart is great, so no need for a pacemaker at this time.

He left the Glenn, because he said the Glenn pressures looked good.  And it was going to be too much in one operation for him to take that down.

Right atrium (& her whole heart really) is  kind of small.  They did a good job on the Glenn procedure in Shanghai, and he found an additional thing that they did successfully there that we didn't know about until today.  Her heart being small means that she has a good heart that performs well.

Because her heart was stopped for 150 minutes, it is stiff.  The relaxation isn't the greatest, but that's typical.  

He will keep her on the breathing machine overnight.   

Her oxygen saturation is immediately 100!

Thank You, Lord!!  God is amazing, all the time.  I am so grateful He sustained her life and brought us these incredible medical professionals.

Our prayers have been answered.  She is healing!  We saw her for a brief second being wheeled by, but now we have to wait an hour and a half.