Hemi-Fontan Update #1
Evan did so great while waiting for the anesthesia team to take him back. There was a bit of a delay and they got him at about 1. A surgical nurse practitioner updated us at around 3 and said that so far everything was going as planned but that they had just begun the actual surgery. Dr. Hirsch commented that there was a decent amount of scar tissue. She expected this and told us this would be some of the most tricky part of today’s procedure. It’ll be the 3rd time opening up his chest. We’ll get another update around 4:30.
Thank you to the Wilson family for stopping by. I hate that you’re here too but I’m so glad to have friends like you.
Evan is having the bi-directional Glenn aka Glenn aka Hemi-Fontan today.
Here is a quick 26-second video showing what he will have done today.
Here is the full 9:25 video from which that clip was extracted and has more details. Evan doesn’t have HLHS but the same operations apply to his condition as well.
Please be patient with updates. Among the great things with the new hospital are zero cell phone reception anywhere and spotty (at best) wireless internet. I’ve lost connection 6 times during this post so I hope it makes it. 🙂
