Feb 7 update

After a long night sleep (we went to bed around 7pm) and a little bit of breakfast we returned to the hospital to visit our little man. The nurse who was there last night, Jan was there again this morning. She was taking VERY good care of Gabriel. Gabriel ran a temperature all night last night. He reached highs of 102.5. She let us know that he was reaching those temperatures even on Tylenol. They had to give Gabriel a blood transfusion last night and were working to avoid another one today. They were also having a rough time keeping our little man sedated. Over all though, he appears to be doing better than yesterday.

Come to find out they had a very rough time stabilizing him once they took him into the room yesterday. That is why we had to wait two hours between seeing the surgeon and getting to see him. I am so glad I did not know about that yesterday on no sleep! He honestly looks so good. He is no longer grey; I had not realized his color was so grey until seeing him today.

We haven’t had a chance to update more because we are spending as much time with our little man as we can. Our friends are the best! One of my good friends came up. She sat in the waiting room for when Gabe and I needed breaks. She was there to talk to and to just chill with. Tomorrow my best friends from high school are coming up to do the same. It is so nice to have so much support! It means so much to Gabe, Gabriel and I! Your thoughts and prayers mean a lot as well!

Post Post-op (graphic)

Well, we finally had some dinner, boy did we need that! After dinner we went back to the hospital and spent some time with Gabriel. His blood pressure had stabilized a bit, it was a bit low which is normal for OHS. He also was still bleeding in his chest cavity, they did a blood transfusion and platelet transfusion to help with the clotting. He was starting to wake up a bit and move around while we were there which promptly earned him some more Morphine! I tried to get some, but no luck ;) Here are some of the pics we have taken in the last day and a half, sorry if they are to graphic for anyone.

Good drugs for Gabriel are good for mommy and daddy!

The morning of surgery, Boogie has no idea what is in store!

Everyone that is ready for OHS raise your hand!

Our little man post surgery!

Just between you and me, I think Mommy looks a little more worse for wear than Gabriel! (she was a stress bucket) I love you baby!

This is what I like to call THERES A NAKED BABY ON THE LOOSE! Taken earlier this week.

Post-op update

We just heard that everything has gone as good as possible! Our little man is strong and doing well. We get to go see him anytime now!!!! We cant wait! He did not have the ligaments crossed in his heart, but he did have some other rare problem that they repaired. The doctor said there was no leakage and everything was working great! Thanks to all for the kind words and prayers.