Easton did well through the night. His chest has been left open after the surgery to allow for swelling to go down and easy access if needed in case of an emergency. Since last night, he has not needed the pace maker, little to no blood loss, decent blood pressure, and his kidney function has been good. The goal is to sow up his chest tomorrow and take him off the ventilator a day or two later. There are a lot of expected complications with open heart surgeries that, so far, Easton has avoided. So, we've gotten some good news this morning, but since those MAPCAS where too small for operation yesterday, we may be going through this again (and again) as he gets older. We also still don't have a good indication of the future for our little boy or even what yesterday's repairs truly accomplished because so much is dependent his heart function over the next few days and weeks.
This has been unbelievably hard for us, passing off what on the outside was a perfectly healthy, happy, and ridiculously cute baby boy to have him put through such a grueling procedure. There are no words for it and Easton's heart still needs a lot of work to give him a chance at a good life so please continue to pray for our little man, the surgeons, and nurses who are watching him 24/7 over these next few critical days.
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