Hi all I asked for prayers about 10 days ago for a 9 yr old grandson facing open heart surgery. Well the surgery was yesterday and he is now in ICU and expected to recover from the surgery just fine. What the outcome will be for the long term, and the quality of life, I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Apparently, instead of replacing his heart valve, which had been the plan when they went in, they repaired the old one. Prognosis by the specialist is that the repair should last between 2 and 7 years. This hopefully will give him time to grow and maybe be stronger. If they had replaced a valve I guess there would have been tissue rejection problems and the drugs to prevent it, and they would still have had to redo the surgery in a few years and the replacement valve would not grow at the same rate he would. The bad part is that he will still be on restricted activities.
Thanks for all of the prayers and good thoughts. He and his family could still use a few more as they cope with the recovery stage over the next few weeks. He is expected to be in hospital 12 days, and the hospital is an hours drive from home.
Thanks again
Marilyn in it's raining again Alberta, Canada