Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Day 44

Right as we were headed out of the hospital for a little bit, a "game plan" formed real quickly. Our neonatologist, cardiologist, and cardio thoracic surgeon all came in. His follow-up culture on his infection came back negative today, so its cleared. They decided Kanyon is ready for surgery tomorrow! They will fix his PDA by tying off/clipping the vessel to make his blood flow work the way it is supposed to for a baby outside his mommy! This vessel is open when babies are in the womb and it is supposed to close shortly after they're born. The confusion continues for Kanyon the preemie. Babies like him don't always know if they're born or not! :) SOO his never closed but they will fix that tomorrow. The surgery is routine and has minimal risks, but its still surgery. It will last around 2 hours. I am glad that it is nothing out of the ordinary, but of course we ask for all the prayers we can for this. His recovery may take a day or two to take off, but once he gets his pressures and such adjusted, the recovery will hopefully move quickly. Pray for the surgery itself and the Dr. and his team that are doing it. Also remember his recovery..infection free and smooth! They are expecting the surgery to be sometime mid-day, but that doesn't mean that's when it will happen. Just be thinking about our Grand Kanyon tomorrow. I know he will feel much better when this is done. We just pray its as easy as it can be for him. We'll let blogland know when he his out of the OR and back in the room. Thanks for everything!

14 comments:

Jodi said...

Your Grand Kanyon! Ha! LOVE IT! We will of course be praying tonight, tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night, day after tomorrow.... And looking forward to great news about his recovery! :) Love you!

Anonymous said...

White Oak Primary is praying for you all. We love you and will send up prayers all night and day.
Love ya,
Brandi

Anonymous said...

We are going to be praying all day tonight and tomorrow especially for little Kanyon and the doctors.

We love you.
Tim & Linda

The McCarter Family said...

I am going to pray throughout the day all day tomorrow! God is faithful and will see him through!

Anonymous said...

I pray for Kanyon and you guys every day, several times a day. Checking the blog is the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning. We will send many prayers up for sweet Kanyon and his doctors until we hear from you tomorrow. Max is concerned about him, he asks about his condition every day. He is only 7 but he already knows the power of prayer. And praying he does !
God is great and Kanyon will be a living testimony of His goodness !
We love you guys !
Anne, James, Max, & Zoe

Anonymous said...

You all will be in our thoughts and prayers tomorrow as Kanyon heads into his surgery. You are in good hands of an awesome cardiac team that saved our little Caden's life, not once, but twice. We are praying for a quick problem free surgery/recovery.
Keep your faith strong and know that we will be storming heaven with lots and lots of prayers!
Love, the Caldwell Crew
Jeanna,Mark,Chase,Casey,Emily,Camri,and Caden
www.caringbridge.org/tx/cadencaldwell

Anonymous said...

Your White Oak family will be praying that surgery will be smooth and problem free tomorrow. Lifting all 3 of you up to God as well as the doctors and nurses who are taking such good care of precious Kanyon.
Love ya, Pam

Anonymous said...

We are praying!

Beck Boys said...

We are praying.

Anonymous said...

The staff at GS miss your Grand Kanyon and are praying for his strength and a quick recovery so that little one can get back to us soon. Thanks for keeping us posted. You guys are in our thoughts and prayers. Tracy

Lynnie said...

"Above all else, guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life." I like that word "wellspring." Grand Kanyon's fixed heart will spring him into wellness!

God, guide the hands of the doctors and nurses as they pour their skills into our precious baby. And give us all peace that passes understanding. You are a mighty God and we stand in awe of your healing power. In the power of your son, Jesus, Amen and Amen!

Anonymous said...

Praying today especially!
Love ya-
Tracie

Anonymous said...

Continually praying

Karl and Andrea

supertwinmom said...

We are praying for Kanyon and all of you! May God be with each of you and guide each of the doctors and nurses as Kanyon moves through this crucial recovery phase.
Richie and Jaime Reaves & family

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