I know who goes before me.
I know who stands behind.
The God of angel armies is always by my side.
The One who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine.
The God of angel armies is always by my side.
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Approx 8 am
They just took Luke back. No tears.
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Approx 9 am
Just visited with Dr. Mendeloff's nurse, Kathy. She's all smiles. They just made the incision, things are so far so good.
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Approx 12 pm
Kathy just updated us. It took a long time to get through scar tissue, but Luke is on the heart lung machine and they are in the middle of the repair now. Should be another hour and a half or so.
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Approx 12 pm (ish)
Luke is off the heart/lung machine, and they're closing up.
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Approx 1 pm
Ok. Surgery's over. Luke came off the heart lung machine just fine. All his numbers look good. It'll be about another hour and a half before we get to go back and see him. They would like to take out the breathing tube within 24 hours, but we'll see how he does.
Approx 3 pm
Still waiting for the nurse to call us back to Luke's ICU room. Getting anxious, not going to lie.
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Approx 4 pm
We're back with Luke in his room. They were able to successfully take out the breathing tube already. He's not really awake yet, but he's stirred a few times. o2 sats are mid 80%s to 90. He's on a bit of oxygen, but they expect to be able to turn that off soon. Now some hard work of managing his pain and helping him recover.
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Approx 8 pm
Luke continues to do well, although he has needed a few doses of extra pain meds. He wakes up periodically pretty unhappy. So far he has asked for me to pick him up, for his daddy, to watch Your Baby Can Read, and "I want iPad please". Left Luke's room tonight about 7:45 to go to dinner then bed. David is such a good father and husband to take the first night's watch. Planning on heading back to the hospital as soon as shift change is over in the morning.
Luke continues to do well, although he has needed a few doses of extra pain meds. He wakes up periodically pretty unhappy. So far he has asked for me to pick him up, for his daddy, to watch Your Baby Can Read, and "I want iPad please". Left Luke's room tonight about 7:45 to go to dinner then bed. David is such a good father and husband to take the first night's watch. Planning on heading back to the hospital as soon as shift change is over in the morning.
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