Our 13th Post, HE'S OUT OF SURGERY.

He's out if surgery!! 8 hours later and the best part about it is he was able to breath in his own this time. He has never been able to come out of an open heart surgery without a breathing machine. So this is great news. He is getting situated in the PICU for the next hour or so with his nurses. We should be able to go back there to see him soon. He will be sleeping for the next day atleast.

Our Twelfth, still mopping up.

Well he is still doing great but Dr. M is still mopping up. Which means cleaning him up on the inside before they can close him up. He is having to do alot more mopping up then normal just because of his previous surgeries and plus this surgery being so long. We are going on the 7th hour now, but everyone here is still doing good.

Our Eleventh Post, heart is beating again!!

His heart is now beating again and he has been coming off the heart lung bypass. After that they will "mop" up and start the closing procedure. Maybe another hour or so.

Our Tenth Post, nurse came out for another update.

The nurse Cathy came out for another update. Ayden has now been on the heart lung bypass for about 40 minutes now and is doing great. They are now starting to sew close his tricuspid valve and after that they will place the long tube that bypasses the right side of the heart.

Our Ninth Post, Nurse came out

The head nurse Cathy came out to give us an update. They made their first insition at 8am and they are still going through scar tissue. It may be another 10 to 15 minutes before they can get all the way through and go onto the heart lung bypass. But other then that ayden is doing great they said.

Our Eighth Post, Surgery.

They took him early this morning then they had originally planned. He was given goofy juice and his Anastasiologist carried him back to the OR. Ayden didn't have a care in the world. We won't hear from anyone in the OR for about an hour and a half. Still expecting the surgery to take around 5 hours or less hopefully. So far Trav and I are doing good as well.

He had just gotten his "goofy" juice right here.

Our Seventh Post, Pre-ops at Medical City

Pro ops are done. Dr. M wants to start alittle earlier in the morning tomorrow. We are going to be getting to the hospital about 6am and Dr. M wants to get started about 7:30 this time. When we spoke to Dr. M he really seemed confident about this surgery. And it made Trav and I calmer just speaking with him again. We are as ready as we'll every be to get this done and on with our lives. Thank you again for all your prayer and positive thoughts. They really do help Travis and I.

P.S. As soon as I figure out how to post video I will post the videos from last nights Pickin for Preemies Concert where Ayden sang on stage twice. Rock Star Style with his favorite Bart Crow.