Update on Graysen

Lee and I visit Graysen every night at 8:30 PM to say good night. Here is a picture of Graysen from tonight's visit. He is doing well.

We are still unsure about surgery tomorrow. We met with the surgeon today. He is willing to do the surgery tomorrow, but he does not have OR time on Thursdays. He has set times on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Another CT surgeon has OR time on Tuesday and Thursday. He has asked to use the other surgeon's time for tomorrow. The other surgeon has a patient scheduled for tomorrow, but the patient is becoming unstable and may not be able to undergo surgery. If he is not stable in the morning, then Graysen gets his surgery. If the other patient is stable in the morning, Graysen will not be able to have his surgery. If Graysen does not have surgery tomorrow, the next earliest possible date would be Monday. Everything is day to day. We will know around 9 AM - 10 AM if Graysen's surgeon is able to obtain OR time.

The surgeon said that he will only do a partial fix at this time because the full surgery is too risky for a newborn of this size. The partial fix includes sewing on the pulmonary branch that goes to the left lung to the pulmonary artery and creating a shunt between the aorta and pulmonary artery to provide mixing of blood for oxygenation. He will undergo the full "fix" later on in the first year of life.