In Surgery

Conway was taken back to the OR around 8:40 eastern time. They said it could take quite a while to get through the scar tissue from the previous surgery so not to expect an update for a few hours.

He slept great all night. Woke up at 7am asking to "eat". They were supposed to take him down at 7:30am for pre-op but no one came. I asked at the desk and they said that downstairs would call when they were ready for him. 25 minutes later I asked again and they called downstairs and the people downstairs were waiting for us. They apparently had not been told that he was inpatient so didn't send up transport or orders for him to come down. They thought we'd just report down there at 7:30. Then Dr. Bove's assistant who was getting consent wanted to remind me about the large possibility of Connie getting heart block and needing a pacemaker after this surgery. I said, "You mean like the one he already has?" That made me feel great that he had really done his homework on my boy (note sarcasm). I must say, though, the anesthesiologists have really been on their A game here. They all have his entire history memorized. The one today is from the UK and has worked with CT surgeons like Marcus Hall and Bill Brawn. He's phenomenal. He said were in one of the top two places in the world for this and Connie couldn't be in better hands. We were joking about how it seems that Connie has a rather high tolerance and he said that the good thing about his profession is that they "always win", meaning that the anesthesiologist has the final say since they just add more or whatever. It was cute. We didn't get a chance to talk with Dr. Bove before hand and were a bit bummed by that, but to tell the truth, I didn't think we would anyway.

They tell us that on a scale of 1-10, this surgery is on the level of a 9. So, I guess that means we need to intensify our prayers!

Connie was such a good boy. He got some versed in his IV and still was a bit unhappy (hungry) but they wheeled him away in a red wagon without any crying or anything. He took the iPod, his monkey lovey and his bag of blessed things into the OR with him.