After handing over Mary Clare to the anesthesiologist we are just now settling into the PC-ICU waiting room. She did exceptionally well, especially considering she hasn’t eaten now for almost 12 hours. She was smiling and cooing at everyone and was in such a great mood, which made it all the more difficult to send her back with them. All of the nurses were coming over to see her and kept telling us how beautiful she was, how healthy she looks and laughed at how much blonde hair she has! We just received a page from the Cath lab. She is now asleep and they are doing an echo before beginning the actual catheterization.<\/p>\n
They explained that they will “gas” her first to get her drowsy, then place an IV. She has to be put under general anesthia because of the “repair” work that may be done, but hopefully they will be able to extubate her before we see her again. (remove the breathing tube) Once she is stable with the anesthesia, they will place a catheter in her femoral at her thigh. A typical catheterization usually takes around 3 hours, but if they “balloon” her shunt and\/or aorta, it will take several more hours. Once they are in her heart, they will be able to determine exactly what needs to be done. They will page us with her progress as the day continues. I’ll keep you updated. Please pray that all goes well with our baby girl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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