Surgery update #3

Teagan came off of bypass at 1:50pm and we received a page at 2:55 saying they were finishing up. We're waiting on Dr. Permut to talk to us about how surgery went and give us details on her heart function. We're hoping to receive the call to go back and see her in the ICU in another hour or so..,

Surgery update #2

We got our first page around 10:10 telling us that anesthesia was done placing all of her lines (central line in her neck, arterial line in her wrist, and 3 peripheral lines in her arms and legs as well as intubating and stabilizing her) The surgeon was then able to begin working his way through her chest and layers of scar tissue to get to her heart. We just received a page at 12:30 saying Dr. Permut had reached her heart, placed her on bypass and was beginning to work on placing her conduit and repairing her heart. We expect this to take an hour or more, and then we'll receive another page to let us know she's off of bypass. Then it will take another hour or so to close her up and begin prep to move her to the ICU.

We have family here waiting with us which is so nice and helps pass the time. Trent's Dad and brother Shaughn as well as my Dad and brother Brian are spending the day with us. My mom has our youngest Bode- who has been sick for the last 3 days and just went with her to urgent care to get checked out. Having Bode sick and not being there for him is so hard and sad, but he's in great hands with Grandma! Gavin is having a blast with his cousins in Snohomish and is enjoying alone time with them as well! We hope to have Bode healthy and able to join Gavin and his cousins for a fun time later this week.

Trent and I just took a tour of the new ICU area here at Seattle Children's and met with our nurse who will be caring for Teag this afternoon/evening. She was really, really great and took notes on all the things we were concerned about and also on Teagan's favorite foods, movies, etc.. so she's ready for her! We're eating lunch and drinking lots of water so that we can be ready to help Teag as soon as we can see her! Hoping for another page telling us she's off of bypass in an hour.

Surgery Day Update #1

We woke up early this morning and headed to the hospital to check in around 6:30am. Teag was in a great mood and only a little nervous about today. We played the ipad and goofed around with her while we waited to go back to pre-op.

 

Once we went back, we washed her down with the surgery wipes and got her suited up in her cute hospital gown. She chose 'Fuzzy' the bear to go back with her this time since Elsa went with her in April. :) Normally for heart catheterizations, they allow me to gown up and walk Teag back to the OR and put her to sleep myself but these major surgeries are different. They have to carry Teag away alone when they're ready and I was worried she'd be anxious so we had them give her Versed. It's an oral medication that makes her feel relaxed and almost drunk. She's hilarious and laughs at everything which makes the whole process easier. We met with anesthesia, the OR team and several others before they carried her away around 8:45. It will take around an hour to get her lines all in place and prep her for the surgeon, and then 4-5 hours for the actual surgery. Once they're done, it will be another 1-2 hours before we're allowed to see her in the ICU. We're hoping to see her sometime around 3-4pm this afternoon. We have a pager for updates and we just received our first page telling us the lines are in and they're starting surgery. This took a little longer than expected but it sounds like everything is going ok. Here are a few pictures of our brave girl from this morning...

 

 

 

Here's the last picture we took as they were carrying our sweet girl off to the OR. You can tell she's had the versed from her tired eyes and silly smile. Sleep well sweetheart!