Surgery scheduled…

I received a call today from Dr. Bradley’s office regarding Mary Clare’s second surgery, the Glenn. We will have a pre-op day on November 30, and surgery has been scheduled for the morning of December 3. We have been told by many of our doctors and nurses at MUSC that the stay for this surgery will not be as long, if all goes well. For starters, she is born and stable, and is eating. Her surgery happened a week after birth and required that extra week before surgery to stabilize her, then after her surgery and recovery (another week) it took two weeks for her to learn to eat. (four weeks total) So hopefully, we’ll only have the surgery and recovery, which sounds crazy knowing how serious and invasive this surgery is.

Dr. Bradley will go into her heart over the same incision/scar on her little chest, remove her shunt and create a bypass to her lungs. He will also “patch” her pulmonary arteries and do any other “repair” work that may be necessary. Then her heart will fine for at least several more years! We are so blessed to have Dr. Bradley so near. He is truly a wonderful and brilliant man! Please pray for Mary Clare’s upcoming surgery and pray for a quick and healthy recovery. She is a tough little baby girl and we know she will get through this second surgery with flying colors just in time for Santa’s visit!

I placed the bottle beside her to show (and be able to remember one day) how tiny she really is!