As much as I wish I was a medical professional, I’m not, so bear with me through this update. Faith is out of surgery and in the ICU, praise God! But tonight is going to be a fighting one for Faith. In surgery they found that the PDA (the leak in her heart) was a lot bigger than the initial echo revealed, it was actually about the size of her aorta. Due to a lot of bleeding during surgery they had to cut a nerve to control itt. While this was not ideal, it had to happen for the bleeding to be controlled. With that being said, faith lost a lot of blood during surgery although her hemoglobin level is now very good (praise God). Faith is not on a ventilator, which is both good and bad. Good because she is able to breathe on her own, bad because they will have to monitor her pain medicine levels very closely. They have to keep it high enough that she is not feeling pain and low enough that she can still breathe effectively. She also has a chest tube in to drain the fluid that accumulates. Tonight is going to be a very important night for our little girl. The Doctor monitoring Faith tonight reiterated how big of a procedure this was and that we must vamp up our prayers. They will be monitoring her very closely and making sure that her pain is under control. Faith fought during a surgery that was tougher than expected and is fighting now, shes still breathing on her own! While surgery was successful Faith is still in critical condition needing very bold prayers. Thank you for your continued support and prayers, we are #keepingfaith!!
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:44:44 +0000
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