The Glenn

We are out of surgery after seven and a half hours.  We were told to expect around five.  The surgeon came out and looked like he'd been through the ringer.  He said it was the hardest Glenn he's ever done and as I've mentioned before he doesn't sugar coat things.  Her pulmonary artery needed to have two superior vena cavas (SVC) attached to it.  The artery was really sick and the middle part was mostly sick scar tissue.  He had to cut most of it away and patch the rest.  Her one SVC is actually attached to a patch and the other is really close to her lungs but was the only place to put it.  The doctor running the heart/lung bypass machine is an older gentleman and he said it was the hardest bypass he has ever done.  Everyone is allergic to the heart/lung bypass machine so being on it much longer has caused her to be very, very swollen.  Her oxygen is sitting in the high 60's to low 70's.  They want it in the high 70's but do to the change in her heart they can't add more pressure because it won't improve anything.  We sincerely appreciate your prayers as our little heart warrior continues her fight.