Pacemaker Surgery – Complete!
Just talked to Dr. Devaney and Evan is out of surgery. Everything went great. I was expecting them to put in the dual chamber pacemaker and just use one lead and only pace the ventricle but apparently they put in a single chamber pacemaker. When he has his second surgery in a few months they will put in a 2nd lead and change out the pacemaker from a single to a dual chamber. Sooooo…. that got me thinking, do they re-use pacemkakers? Insurance is going to buy Evan two pacemakers? I want the old one to use as a keychain. Sound good? 😀
Kicker… there’s no bed available in the pediatric cardiac ICU so they’ve got Evan just hanging out in the OR waiting for a bed to become available so we cannot see him yet. 🙁 Knowing he’s ok is enough for me right now but if this takes more than an hour or two then I am going to start going through cute baby withdrawal.
Thanks to everyone for all the kind words, thoughts, and prayers over the course of this whole thing. Your support on Facebook, this website, and over the phone have really helped us get through this. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
