Heart Catheter Surgery #3

Link had his third heart catheter surgery yesterday. This cath was a preparatory surgery for the Glenn surgery he will have sometime this month. The purpose of the cath was to get an inside view of the heart and take dimensions, pressures, etc. They also ruled out a couple other surgical options and we are definitely going to do the Glenn now. Link was so good and so brave all day long. Here's a play by play.

Link getting all his stats checked in preparation for surgery. Mommy getting in some last kisses.

Getting a last minute nap in before surgery. It didn't last long. He was ANGRY from not getting to eat. I think one of the hardest parts is not being able to feed him and him not understanding why and being VERY UPSET...then waiting forever for the surgery to start! Russ was so good to take care of him and try to calm him down.
Even though he was starving, he was all smiles when he saw the cute nurses. After the surgery, the nurses told us that he is such a pretty baby that they couldn't tell if he was a girl or boy!

Here is Link going into surgery- he was braver than mommy and daddy.

After surgery we had to stay six hours to make sure everything was okay and to keep his legs still. Link was a rockstar and slept most of the time.He was so excited to eat after surgery!

We took him home last night and he's been doing pretty good. He only woke up a couple more times than usual last night. He's been a little grumpy and sleepy today but has still given us a lot of smiles. What a trooper!!

We don't have the Glenn surgery scheduled yet. All we know is that it will be sometime in August. After that, he should be off oxygen and hopefully be done with surgeries for a while.