pre-op appointment

Chandler weighs 11.8 now!! She had an EKG and chest X-ray done today and blood work. I only cried just a little cause miss thang did enough for both of us! She was mad at those nice ladies! But we all survived..whew! Then we talked with a cardiac nurse practitioner and met Dr. DiBardino who will perform the surgery along with Dr. Salazar. He was VERY informative and detailed. He said that there is a 10% chance that she will require another surgery in six months. The echo doesn't show any signs of another surgery; however, they really won't know until they get in there and look with their eyes. If they can't fully repair it, they will put a band around it then fix in six months. Either way..band or full repair, Chandler will feel better and will be able to feed without fatigue!!! What?!? We won't know what to do when she can eat "normally!!" He said to be prepared to be away from her at least five hours or more.. Of course Kris's response was "take your time!!" And I agree! He also said she will begin to heal while in the hospital, we just have to watch the incision and make sure it doesn't get infected. We then met the nurse coordinator and she answered any questions we had and took us to anesthesiology which is where we will start on surgery day. They told us we couldn't feed her formula after midnight before surgery but we can give her clear liquids such as pedialyte or nursery water until 4:00 a.m. I know Chandler will be glad of that!! I was beginning to wonder how we were going to pacify her!! So surgery is a go for next Friday the 1st..

After all was said and done, Kris and I left with a peace and agreed we are ready for this time next Friday!!!

Until next time,
Megan