Thursday, May 31, 2007

Tuesday/Wednesday: Heart Surgery Update







The 2 bottom pictures are taken in pediatric pre-op area of the hospital just a few moments before she was taken back for surgery.
The pictures above were all taken after surgery once she was back in recovery in PICU. Becky and Heidi were her nurses that day. They were so wonderful; we really appreciated them.
Brynlyn's surgery went fabulously and even faster than they expected, with very minimal bleeding. She did just beautifully and just how they wanted her to.
They put in a pulmonary homograft into her heart to replace her missing pulmonary artery. They used the vein from a specially raised and treated cow. Hence, the cow beanie babie laying next to her in her bed.
Cows have suddenly become our favorite livestock. =)

1 comment:

Amie said...

wow.

I thought she was done with heart stuff for a while?

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