Tyson had his heart catheterization today at Sick Kids. Things went so well that we did not have to spend the night afterall and we were able to go home at 2 pm already! Basically the heart catheterization involved sending a catheter through his groin to his heart, injecting a dye, and measuring his heart's pressures, blood flow, etc. It's a standard pre-Glenn operation procedure. (his next operation is called a Glenn operation.)My Mom, Tyson and I left Orangeville this morning at 4:45 am, arrived at Sick Kids by 6:15 am....checked in by 6:30 pm. Tyson was first admitted to a room on 4D, the same room where he stayed in December. The nurse came in to do a set of vitals, then the fellow cardiologist checked him over. At 8 am they took him from my arms and began the procedure. He was starving by the time they took him, since he wasn't allowed to eat past 4 am. Luckily they gave him gas to make him sleepy before inserting the IV line for the anaesthetic, because I don't think he would have laid very still for them while they attempted to put in an IV line! (He was MAD by the time they took him from me. And I wasn't allowed to stay while they anaesthetized him, but in hindsight I don't think I would have been able to handle seeing that.)
The doctor came in to our room at 9:25 am saying that the procedure was done and that they were in the process of trying to wake him up. At 10 am we were allowed to see him, at which time he nursed well and then went back to sleep. He was pretty puffy from the procedure. His sats (O2 levels) were a little lower than normal but after giving him some oxygen for a few hours, he seemed to bounce back just fine. Tyson stayed in recovery for a few hours and then he was discharged at 2 pm. We haven't received any results yet but if there was something concerning, a cardiologist would have informed us and we wouldn't be home right now!
We see Dr. McCrindle again on March 18 so if we don't hear anything from him in the meantime, everything is probably fine. We shall wait and see what he has to say and maybe from there we can find out an approximate surgery date, or month even?
That's the update for now. We are very thankful that we didn't have to stay the night and that Tyson bounced back quickly! Again, we see the grace and mercy of God!
Brian and Mel:)
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Thanks for the update! Thank the Lord your little guy is so resilient!
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