Another update for you all. Tyson is scheduled for surgery THURSDAY MORNING AT 8AM! Please remember him in your prayers and pray that God will guide the hands of his surgeons, that the surgery may have the desired results.
Tyson went to the IGT (Image Guided Therapy) this afternoon to have his PICC line inserted. PICC stands for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter. It is basically a catheter that goes up from a vein in his arm and ends in a large vein just above his heart. It is a special intravenous line that is used when children need IV for a
long period of time, such as after a major surgery. The doctors use the PICC line to administer medications, IV fluids, or to have blood samples taken. It prevents them from having to poke Tyson every time he needs blood work done, which occurs a lot after surgery. We are happy to have this PICC line inserted because Tyson really is sick of being poked and prodded for blood!
Surgery will begin at 8 am and usually lasts about 5-7 hours, although it is possible that it could take longer. Brian's parents will be joining us for the day for support and we would appreciate if you could please pray that God will give us patience to endure the emotions of the day, and that God will bless the outcome.
We have decided to go with the Norwood surgery, the open heart surgery. The reason we chose this option is because the cardiologist said it has been around a lot longer and the surgeons have performed it many, many times with great success. The other option was a less invasive surgery but it is a relatively new procedure. The recovery time for both options was pretty much the same, but the Norwood surgery would accomplish more in one surgery than the Hybrid surgery. We had a hard time deciding because we are not the experts when it comes to congenital heart disease, but we feel peace with the decision we have made. If one surgery was far less superior than the other, the surgeons would not have given us an option but would have proceeded how they felt. But either way, something has to be done because Tyson cannot continue living with the way his heart is now.
We are praying that tomorrow's update will bring good news.
Tyson went to the IGT (Image Guided Therapy) this afternoon to have his PICC line inserted. PICC stands for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter. It is basically a catheter that goes up from a vein in his arm and ends in a large vein just above his heart. It is a special intravenous line that is used when children need IV for a
long period of time, such as after a major surgery. The doctors use the PICC line to administer medications, IV fluids, or to have blood samples taken. It prevents them from having to poke Tyson every time he needs blood work done, which occurs a lot after surgery. We are happy to have this PICC line inserted because Tyson really is sick of being poked and prodded for blood!Surgery will begin at 8 am and usually lasts about 5-7 hours, although it is possible that it could take longer. Brian's parents will be joining us for the day for support and we would appreciate if you could please pray that God will give us patience to endure the emotions of the day, and that God will bless the outcome.
We have decided to go with the Norwood surgery, the open heart surgery. The reason we chose this option is because the cardiologist said it has been around a lot longer and the surgeons have performed it many, many times with great success. The other option was a less invasive surgery but it is a relatively new procedure. The recovery time for both options was pretty much the same, but the Norwood surgery would accomplish more in one surgery than the Hybrid surgery. We had a hard time deciding because we are not the experts when it comes to congenital heart disease, but we feel peace with the decision we have made. If one surgery was far less superior than the other, the surgeons would not have given us an option but would have proceeded how they felt. But either way, something has to be done because Tyson cannot continue living with the way his heart is now.
We are praying that tomorrow's update will bring good news.
Till then,
Brian, Mel and Tyson
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