I texted Dr. Mayman today at Sunrise to keep him updated with the surgery but also to say I can’t believe it has been two weeks that we came and paid you a visit.
He called me and we talked. I know I have said it before, but I will say it again, I love that guy.
So...to the surgery for the PAB!
In today’s world, the OR nurse will actually text you as best as she can as the surgery is going. So we got texts like “surgery has started. Emerson is doing well”...”surgery is ended. Emerson is still doing well”....”Emerson is being brought up to wing, please wait for doctor”. We were in the “waiting” room (a small room with not great ventilation, been there plenty of times in 2 weeks), and sure enough Emerson gets rolled on by us. The surgeon doctor tells us surgery went well and he will be back to talk. Surgery did not take as long as we thought it would.
Doc came back and told us surgery went as well as expected. When the band was put on, her blood pressure immediately got better. However, with the band, it takes about 24-48 hours to settle in, and with this her numbers can be all over the place. I was talking to my pops, because he gets me, that I just want to know now if it is going to work or not. I am very impatient and can’t stand all this waiting around. Is this band going to hold and work??
Well, it will take another day or two to really find out. Right now, everything looks good so far.
My baby is a fighter.
My baby is strong.
The gigantic prayer at this time is that the PA Band works well enough that we can get the breathing tube out, with some other medication, and we get to hold her again. Oh does mom and dad need to hold our daughter so bad. And I know she needs it too. It has been two long weeks and counting. At this point, the days just blur together.
I know this is a very trying time in our family’s life. We never ever ever thought we would be at this junction. And we thank you for allowing us to share and for all of you to care enough for all the well wishes and all the prayers. We really can’t thank you enough.
But just know, as time moves on, Emerson still needs all the prayers that we can muster. It is going to be a continual daily fight.
Peace and love.
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