"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
--Jeremiah 29:11

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

First Cath Update

Well, he was taken late partly because the case in front was running late so they had to set up an entirely different room, but even then, they had to wait for an anesthesia team to become available. Dr. Lewis (who has a killer accent, by the way) is the anesthesiologist who will be on the case. He said he did his homework for this case and is ready for what Connie will bring. Apparently it takes quite a bit to keep that boy down. Just learned today that he woke up in the cath lab on Monday and had to be given more drugs! No wonder he slept through the whole night!

Brynn called some time ago to tell us that things were going well and the next update would be from Dr. Bradley himself when they were finishing up. She also said that Dr. Bove did get in touch with them and apologized for not having spoken with us directly before now but that he would talk with us in the morning. He's had mulitple OR cases today. He has had a chance to review the information and says, yes, he still feels surgery is the best, most appropriate option at this point. Since Conway will be admitted again tonight, they will just take him down to the OR around 7:30am Eastern time and the surgery will start at 8:30 eastern. Time to turn those prayers up a notch! If they aren't able to ablate him tonight in the cath lab, they will try to pace him out of the flutter (which has never worked in the past) or use the catheters to get it to stop. If that doesn't work, then they'll have to cardiovert him again. This scares me. That would be a lot for his little heart right before tomorrow's surgery. Brynn says the risks aren't so much increased doing back-to-back procedures heart wise, but it's more that they don't like to use so much anesthesia so close together. He will be out all evening and then early in the morning get it again. That's a lot for a little body. Pray that he can handle it all.

2 comments:

Kim Froehlich said...

Erin & Greg,

My thoughts are prayers are with you guys. There is so much going on and I'm sure it's overwhelming. Hang in there, I know there are lots and lots of prayers being said for you guys.

Connie is a strong little boy and I know he is up to this challenge. Knowing you are laying the groundwork for a healthy little boy will help get you guys through these next few days.

Thanks for all of the posts. I will keep my prayers going and look forward to your next posts.

Sweet dreams Connie! All of this will be over before you know it!

Much love,
Kim

Aaron and Erica said...

I'm praying for Conway right now. Thank you for keeping us updated.