Due to Tehilla's small pulmonary arteries there is a 20% chance that the resistance will be too high and the Glenn will not be successful.
Therefore, we are proceeding with the Glenn tomorrow, but if after Dr. Erez opens Tehilla's chest and feels that it won't work, he has a different plan in mind. He will place a BT shunt instead, for about 3 months and then it will come out and he will do the Glenn. It means a 4th surgery, but a good backup plan.
As well, he warned us about Tehilla being uncharacteristically irritable after the Glenn, something we already knew about. It lasts about a week from the pressures of her blood flow in her head changing.
Other than that, because we live closeby, they suggested we sleep at home tonight. We have to be at the hospital at 6:30am. We'll leave home at 6:00am.
Please keep her in your prayers.
Totally, completely in our tefilot.
ReplyDeleteShoshana, I will be with you in spirit, and my spirit comes with spirit tissues, chocolate and chicken soup. Oh, and hugs. And I'll have some of those tissues, if you don't mind...
May the surgery go smoothly, and Tehilla's recovery go better than expected, bezH!!
Thank you, Elisheva! Amen, amen, amen!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the love!