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!