Ethan's Big Day is tomorrow. He will be having the second open heart surgery in the series of three. This one is referred to as the Glenn. It should be much easier on him than the first and his heart will be much more STABLE than now. But it is still open heart and he will be put on bypass again. It has been a joy to have him doing so well and to have him home. We have had many scary days lately, but we have also had many days where he is doing great. Hopefully those scary days will go by the wayside once he is recovered from this next surgery. Some babies can be recovered from this operation in a week. However, the docs know Ethan and his lungs, and have told to us to plan on a month in the hospital! Yuck!
He has come so far and is such a little miracle to us. We have appreciated him and this journey we have been on (However, I would not want to ever do this again). We have been blessed by all of your prayers and are especially grateful for those who participated in the fast last Thursday. We experienced answers to prayers that day!
Much love-
Greg and Heidi
PS: I will be posting more frequent updates again through this hospitalization :)
8 comments:
Ethan... we'll be praying for you and your family tomorrow!! Good Luck Buddy!!
Andrea
Good luck tomorrow! We will be praying for Ethan and thinking of you. I am sure that everything will go smoothly and he will be so much better. Love you guys.
Oh good luck! We have roomed with many Glenn babies...they recover sooo fast! We'll be praying for a speedy recovery.
Good luck with everything tomorrow. It's a big day for Ethan. I will certainly be praying for you.
By the way if you ever have any questions send me an email at andrea@hotmesa.com. I had a lot of questions after the Glenn and it was nice to talk to people who had been through it before.
What a big day tomorrow! Your family will be in our thoughts and prayers!! We will be in the unit June 22nd for London's Glenn. We hope we don't see you then! ;) We hope you'll be home and all will be well!
We're praying for you all and hoping that everything goes really smoothly. The Glen often has a much smoother and easier recovery than the Norwood (our Charlie was in and out in six days for stage two) so we will be hoping and praying that Ethan behaves himself, and that you're all back home together very soon! With love and prayers from across the pond. XXX
Praying for you, Ethan and the surgeons! Good luck!
Ethan,
My prayers are with you and with your family. I pray for the doctors to do an awesome job on your precious heart! You are in good hands.
Aunt Francie
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