Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Surgery's Done

Surgery is done, he finished around 1 pm. He did great and they were pleased with the results. They said that his heart was strong and everything went as planned. Now on to the PICU. He has been doing great, starting to wake up a little. He started to get a funny little arm twitch in his right arm, and everything else was fine. They were concerned it could be a seizure like activity and gave him some medicine that made it go away, it also made him go back to sleep. They are going to do a head CT scan and also an EEG to look for seizures. He is otherwise doing great. The doctors didn't seem too concerned about it, and said that it occasionally happens and they don't always know why. We are praying that this is a temporary thing and that it just goes away so he can wake up and get the breathing tube out. He looks really good, a little puffy, but good. Thanks for everyone's thoughts, prayers and concern. Please keep Alex in your prayers, he has a long week ahead of him. We'll try to keep this up-to-date as we get chances.

5 comments:

carolyn q said...

I am glad to read that things went well with surgery and it's reasurring to know that Doctors are not to concerned about the twitches. I hope that it goes away and does not become a serious issue, but instead a fleating thing.
Continued prayers and good thoughts are being sent in your direction from our family.
Heart Hugs,
Carolyn

suzanne said...

I just had to check in one more time to see how it went. I am so glad you blog. and that you do it so timly what with all that is going on. I hope you survive this whole adventure....and I hope big bro does too it must be hard not having his bro and parents home like usual. hang in there call me if you need me I would love to help in anyway I mean it, even if it is a playdate.

The Hornes said...

We are so happy to hear surgery went well. We will continue to pray for you guys. Once again please call if you need anything.

Jenn said...

Wow, big day huh? I'm so glad everything went so well! You guys are in our thoughts!

Ginny said...

yay! for things going well!! i'm glad the docs don't seem too concerned about the twitches. thanks for updating, I'll sleep better knowing everything is as expected!