Jack did great at the hospital today!! He was such a trooper. We woke him up at 5:20 am and made our way to UAB hospital. It took a little while to get admitted into our room for the day, but it was well worth the wait. When we finally got to our room it was well worth the wait...it was a deluxe suite...wonder how much that is going to cost us? It was amazing. It had basically two rooms...one was a bed room and the other a living room area with a huge sofa that folded out into a bed a table, and some chairs. There were two TVs, one for each room. I have never seen any hospital room like it.
Doctor McMahon came in to meet us and talk about the heart cath procedure. He went through the whole procedure from start to finish. He went over the risk factors again, and said that he rarely has them happen. He said the length of procedure would depend on how easy it is to navigate through Jack’ heart.
The whole family (Brian, my sister, Ashley, my dad and his wife, Nena, and myself) walked Jack to the double doors of the OR and handed him over to the nurse. It was so hard. Everyone was crying except Jack. He was so brave...much braver than me.
The doctor called us exactly 1 hour and 50 minutes from the time we handed him over to tell us he was in recovery, which was very quick because he told us to count on at least 2.5 hours. He said that Jack did great. There were no signs of any heart distress or heart blocks...praise the Lord!!! The doctor had said that a normal pulmonary artery pressure reading should be between 12-20 with 20 being a high normal and questionable. Jack’s pressure reading was 12-13. YEA!!!! The doctor was so impressed by all of Jack’s pressure readings. This means that his little imperfect heart is basically functioning as close to perfect as you can get. So, Jack does not need surgery right now...and we are going to just keep watching him as he grows and develops to see if he will have to have surgery around 2 years of age. We will have regular cardiology appointments with Dr. Pearce about every 2-3 months unless some signs start to show up. Every doctor and nurse that saw Jack the whole time we were at UAB kept commenting on how “big and pink” he is. I guess working on the cardiac floor, you don’t get many babies that look like Jack.
The 6 hour recovery was long, but Jack was great. He just played and talked to everyone. He was the champion of the day!!!
Thank you to everyone for all your thoughts and prayers!!! Brian and I felt lifted up the whole day. Please continue to pray that Jack will just keep growing and developing like he is and his heart will remain balanced!!
Here is a pic of Jack in his little gown...he is so cute even before the procedure..
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