Spoke with Dr. Bove

who apologized for not meeting up with us this morning. He looked for us in the pre-op b/c he had been told we were discharged last night. He didn't know we were inpatient either!! Anyway. . .
He was able to repair the mitral valve using a procedure called annuloplasty where they place a ring or band around the valve to help it hold it's shape. It has a mild residual leak, which is what we were expecting. The aortic valve only leaks mildly and he's not sure what all the fuss is about that. He was able to successfully ablate the areas Dr. Bradley pointed him to near the inferior vena cava. Time will tell if that will be enough ablation. He did not need to replace the conduit at this time and is hoping to wait until Connie could handle an adult sized conduit, which, get this, would be the last one he would need!!!! That's something I wasn't aware of. Apparently, because he still has his own valve there and just has a gortex piece, he won't need it changed throughout his whole life, just a bigger one placed when he grows. That is maybe the best news of all of this. He is closed and is on his way up to the PCTU and we'll be able to see him probably within the hour or so. Oh, and he was only on bypass for 85 minutes!! He's such a rockstar. From the sound of things, it couldn't have gone more smoothly. He said he's going to try to get him off the vent as soon as possible, hopefully start sprinting him tonight and extubate in the morning. Thank you God for this success!