A tiring, six-hour day of pre-op appointments is behind us. Meeting with the surgeon. EKG. Lab work. X-ray. Meeting with anesthesiology. And this girl took it like a champ, making friends everywhere we went. We are ready to go for surgery early tomorrow morning. As of right now, we are first on the schedule and have to be there at 6:30 a.m. Brooklyn should be heading in to surgery by 7:45 a.m. or so. This is the second of the three-stage reconstruction of her heart. She had her first surgery, the Norwood procedure, back in early November when she was just six days old. The open-heart surgery she will undergo tomorrow is known as the bi-directional Glenn procedure. (Click the links for short video explanations of each.) The surgeon said the surgery should take about 5-6 hours. I plan to post updates along with specific prayer requests on our Facebook page throughout the day tomorrow.
For now, the three of us are enjoying hanging out at the hotel, relaxing before the big day tomorrow.
chatting with Mommy (last night)
being cute just a bit ago :)
Oh, and just after I took the picture above, she rolled over for the first time while playing on the hotel bed. So fun! :)
Prayer requests for now...
- Peace and good rest for us tonight
- Protection over Brooklyn tomorrow
- Guidance and clarity of thinking for doctors and staff as they perform the surgery
Thanks SO much for following us on our journey, supporting us, encouraging us and covering us in prayer, friends and family. We appreciate you more than we can express. Hugs!
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