Friday, December 19, 2008
We are blessed!!!!
Well, Ben went back to the Operating Room today for another open heart surgery. The plan was to try to repair the mitral valve (or replace it if necessary) then do an echo and decide what to do with the aortic valve. Dr. Hawkins said the mitral valve was much worse than he thought and after an hour of trying to repair it he was sure there was nothing he could do. So he replaced it with an artificial valve from St. Jude's hosp. Everything went well and the echo went amazing too. The aortic valve was actually better than we could even have hoped to expect. And the best news of all---Ben came off the heart/lung bypass machine on the first try!!! (They actually said he jumped off!) He is such a fighter and is trying so hard to get better. It has been such an amazingly spiritual day and we feel blessed beyond our ability to express. As always the first 24 and 48 hours are scary, but we are confident that our boy will make great progress. Such a change from how we felt yesterday!
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I am soo excited to here this. What a blessing! You know how we were talking about miracles being much more evident when things look bleak! I can't begin to tell you how happy I am for you all. We will continue to pray for your little guy!
Thanks for the wonderful update. So sorry to hear he had to endure another surgery but it sure sounds like he did well! What a huge blessing. We'll keep praying for you all. Keep me updated...
Yay yay yay!!!
We need to come see little Ben. Boston has a really bad cold though so it will probably have to be a few days just to be safe... keep me posted Angie Pangie!
love ya
cass
I'm so glad to hear this, and especially grateful that you somehow find the time to keep us all posted so we don't have to bug you when you don't want us to. So, with him off the machine, does that mean he gets to come home soon??? What a blessing that will be! You're still in our prayers...have a wonderful Christmas!
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