surgery update #3

Today has been the longest day of my whole life. We were up at the hospital at 5:30 AM to take our parents and siblings back to see Sawyer (they are the only ones we have taken back to see Sawyer so far to limit his exposure to outside germs and keep him healthy). Ever since then we have been going, going, going. 

They called at 4:45 to let us know they are winding down. They are slowly taking him off bypass and will be finishing up. We aren't sure when they will be done, or how things went, until they call in an hour. We will also meet with the surgeon to go over the surgery. Because of the swelling they will leave his chest open with a patch over it in order to allow the swelling to go down. Once it's gone down they will close his chest (not another operation just something that will be done in the CICU in the next couple of days). 

Please continue to pray - we are eager to meet with he surgeon to hear how things have gone. We won't really know the prognosis of the lungs until the next few days after he has recovered more from this heart operation. 

Love, 

Ashlyn