So much to be thankful for

Joshua came through the surgery just fine. He went back at 8:30 this morning and didn't get out until 2:45pm. It took longer than anticipated because he had 2 SVC's that had to be connected. (The superior vena cava is a large, yet short vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart's right atrium. from wikipedia) Normally we only have one! This should really help his heart function. :)

His heart function right after the surgery wasn't very good so he is on Epi and Dopamine again. It has improved but he will remain on those for a while. He is currently satting in the low 80's high 70's. His heart rate is in the 160's. The meds that he is on is speeding that up a little. He has pretty good blood pressure. He is running a fever of 102.9-103.2 currently. He is on the vent and has a drain tube placed. They are going to try and keep him pretty doped up tonight and probably tomorrow. I will keep you all updated.

I just got a call. His fever is now up t0 104. They gave him a muscle relaxer and put him on a cooling blanket. It is coming down. :)

The Lord is good....(like we didn't already know that!)

Blessings,

Leah

* This picture was taken about 45 minutes after he got to his room after surgery. I was expecting him to look quite a bit worse than he did.