Wow! So far so good! So couple things: Alexander's procedure was a success. No surgery was needed! When Alexander went into the cath lab, his cardiologist was able to balloon open his atrial septum to allow more blood flow to his upper body and lungs, and getting rid of the extra scar tissue. Alexander also behaved himself coming out of anesthesia. There was a huge weight lifted off my shoulders when I walked into the recovery room seeing my Superman awake and signing "all done" and requesting for "crackers" via sign language! :) tears of joy when I saw him!
Currently, Alexander is still in the hospital and will be for the rest of the night, just for observation. We've had a couple of moments with low oxygen saturations and are hoping the low saturations are pain and swelling related. He's just received some medication for the pain and is now sleeping in his daddy's arms. Alexander will get a chest x-ray in the morning to make sure all looks good and if it does, we will be on our way home!
The night could still be a long one for us as his sleep schedule is a mess, the machines in the room keep beeping (his and his roommates) and the fabulous oh-so-comfortable pull out couches we will be sleeping on <insert sarcasm>.
So for now we are hoping for an uneventful night, for our boy to get lots of rest throughout the night and be back to his old self by the morning! Thank you for all of the prayers and positive thoughts. Wes and I are so grateful for all of you! <3
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