We went down to be with Logan this morning before they took him to surgery. He was moved to a pre-op room where we met the anestesiologist. She explained to us how he would be sedated and what machines he would be on, if any. We got to hold him and snuggle him for a while. He was particularly fussy today, but I think its because he hasnt eaten since 10am yesterday. I know id be cranky too. Then we met the surgeon.
Dr. Alfieris. We had heard so many good things about this man and he lived up to our expectations, personality wise. He shook our hands and got down on his knees to talk to us. He explained everthing in laymans terms as to what he is going to do and that we would worry about his other defects at a later time. He also gave us a dose of reality.
1 out of 5 children that have this surgery dont ever make it home. It is a very difficult surgery to recover from. They are changing the phisiology of his body, sometimes chidren, no matter how strong just cant cope. Dr. Alfieris reassured us that he has done this operation many times and his statistics are a bit higher at 1 out of 10. I know he was telling us this to prepare for the worst. The surgery is a cake walk, it is the recovery that is the true test. He said the first 3 days are the hardest and the most telling as far as if a baby has taken to the surgery. He said if we make it to a week, we can breathe easier. It was a lot to take in, and hard to hear, even though I knew there was a chance of mortality. It was all just so real.
We walked with the team to the exit doors, we kissed our baby boy and off he went. Ill update when we get some news. The Dr. Told us to be in the waiting room at 11:30 and that he should be up at that time to update us.
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