Surgery Successful.

Hello Everyone

 

It has been a very long day,Andrea returned from the OR 11.5 hrs after going into it.  Dr Holger, the mechanical pump specialist, said it went better than he had expected, and the pump is running like he wanted it to, 8800 revolutions per minute.  The surgery took so long because first of all they had to deal with all the scar tissue, and after the pump was going they had to wait while the bleeding stopped from the needle punctures, although she did not bleed excessively.  It sounded like they were quite surprised at how very little left ventricular function there was, so very little flow going out, meaning she had very little perfusion to the body.  She is the youngest patient and the first one in Edmonton to have this pump put into a transplanted heart.  If all goes well they want to reduce sedation early in the morning and wean her off the ventilator if she can manage on her own, her lungs seem okay.  Kidney function did not stop during surgery, although it still might drop or stop.  They have means to deal with that too.  thanks so much for all the support, we certainly could feel it, and do appreciate it.  Many prayers were offered today and God has been gracious in answering them, but please don't stop, she is not out of the woods yet.  Now it's time for some shut eye, Goodnight.

 

Maynard and Faye