Day Seven

Today we will meet at 1 p.m. with the surgeon, he will explain how he will do the operation. We were hoping they would only operate on the coarctation and have to work on the VSD. Sometimes a VSD does not require surgery because it will close on its own. Ella's hole however was very large and did not have a likelyhood of closing. With having to do both procedures it would require open heart surgery which made us more nervous. All of our parents came to meet with the surgeon. After meeting we felt real comfortable with the surgeon and what he was planning on doing. He was confident that everything should go well. The surgery was scheduled around 1 or 2 tomorrow and she would be in surgery for about 7 hours. Ella had to stop her feedings around 3a.m. to prep her for the surgery. We expect she will be cranky in the morning because she can not eat.