Please keep Kathleen's David in your thoughts/prayers, surgery in the AM *update pg2*

[Dan Murphy]

Here is an update from our friend, Kathleen, and the next surgery for their little David, scheduled for tomorrow AM.....


From Sunday night

Hi everyone,

Just a note to ask everyone to please keep David in your thoughts this week.

Tomorrow (Monday) at 2:30 he will get all his testing done (bloodwork, chest x-ray, EKG, IV put in, etc.) in the Pre-Op Clinic, and he will begin his fasting.

Tomorrow we will also find out if David is first case or second case for Tuesday. If he is first case, his cath will be started at 7:30 a.m.. If he is second case, it will be done when the first case is finished. We will post when we know more.

They will be attempting to dilate David's pulmonary arteries and coil off some of his collaterals. What (and when) our next step will be after this cath is heavily dependent on how things go this Tuesday, so please send your best wishes to David that Dr. Lang is able to do what he wants to do, and that it works. We also hope that David will come off of the anesthesia, etc., easier than he did the other two times.

Thank you.
Kathleen, Norm, & David

And from tonight, Monday....

Hello All. David's first day went pretty much as planned. Sorry this update is late but the computer room was closed today. Due to the fact that many offices and clinics were closed for the holiday, many of his tests and exams had to be performed by nurses and doctors on 6-east. Everything went fine - just took a little longer than expected. We talked with one of the doctors who will be assisting with David's cath, and went over the procedure and its possible risks. He will be the first case in the morning and things should start around 8:00am. Depending on how much they can accomplish, the entire process will take between 2 and 4 hours. They only plan on using pain killers and relaxers, so recovery time should be fairly quick. He should be breathing on his own throughout the process unless they do more "ballooning" of his arteries than expected.

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Mom Kathleen and David

Dad Norm and David

Little David, practicing that left jab!!!!

And his right!!!!!

All set for those docs in the AM, please keep me in your good thoughts and prayers.
Thanks, David </center>

 

[Serena]

My thoughts and prayers said for that precious little boy. I can't imagine what they are going through right now.

 

[RNMOM]

Good wishes, good thoughts, prayers and PD coming your way. Lots and lots for the doctors and nurses too.

 

[JenBlaze]

Prayers on their way - keep us updated!!

 

[aunt lissa]

Thoughts and prayers for David and his family!! I hope he has a quick recovery! He is such an adorable little guy!

 

[Big V]

Saying a prayer for little baby David and his family.

 

[DD2Disney]

David and his family are in my prayers!

 

[mommytotwo]

He's so cute. Hope everything goes well. David and your family will be in the thoughts and a special prayer will be said for him tonight.

 

[Pam]

I am sending up the prayers big time for little David!!

 

[Ranatra]

God Please Be with little David as he goes thru this much needed surgery.

 

[Poohstyx]

Prayers and special thoughts for David and the entire family. What a sweetheart!

Poohstyx

 

[helenabear]

My prayers are with little David and his family as well

 

[TammyNC]

Thanks for sending an update Dan, they are all in my prayers and thoughts along with the team of doctors and nurses.

 

[rasnlms]

My thoughts and prayers are for little David and his family.

 

[RitaZ.]

He is so cute!

My thoughts and prayers are with little David and family. Hang in there.

 

[Dan Murphy]

An update from Kathleen on David's surgery from today............

Hi everyone,

David's cath started at 8:00 this morning, but he is still in the lab. We have gotten updates every hour. At around noon they told us they were about to look at his blood flow and pressures in order to decide if they had done all they could, or if they could do a few more things. We just got another call saying that they decided to put in a few more coils. They they will evaluate his blood flow and pressures again for a final check, but they think that will be it for today. He will be done between 2:00 and 3:00. At that point we can go see him in the recovery room as he comes off sedation.

Dr. Lang just came up to speak with us about a half-hour ago (Dr. Lang could come out of the cath lab even though David wasn't finished, because Dr. Marshall was the one who was actually doing it). He explained what had been done up to that point - a dialation where the homograft was sewn onto the artery, three or four other dialations, quite a few coils put in to the collaterals, etc.

Unfortunately, he also told us that there is one group of collaterals that cannot be coiled off - there is not enough length to them to put coils in. So, David will need another surgery done so that Dr. Mayer can clamp off this group of collaterals. They are spouting blood everywhere and it's too much excess flow. The surgery will be soon, although Dr. Lang could not give us a timeframe without talking to Dr. Mayer first. At first he said maybe a week or two, then he said maybe a month or maybe even 2 months. I do know that several of the doctors including Dr. Lang are going to the Middle East next week though - so I'm guessing it won't be next week. But we will update again when we know more.

The surgery will not be the kind where David has to go on the heart-lung bypass machine though, it will be a closed-heart surgery. They will be making a new incision on his side or on his back to go in, since where they need to get to is towards the back. That is really all we know so far. Dr. Lang just came up from the lab to brief us quickly, and then he went back down. So we will know more later. When they are done we will get more information from Dr. Marshall and maybe Dr. Lang again too.

Thank you everyone. Please keep praying and thinking of David. Although we are upset that he will need another surgery soon, we are thankful that he made it through the cath okay today. He is so brave and so strong.