Jansen has remained stable since surgery! They still have him on all sorts of meds of course and have kept him not really unconscious but certainly very sleepy so he doesn't move around much. He does open his eyes a lot of the time when I'm up there and talk to him.
They routinely leave the chest open on these babies (with a membrane over) to allow swelling to go down and fluid to be cleared before they close up the chest and compress everything. Since he has been stable and has been passing fluids well they decided to close up his chest today. Surgery is going on right now as I sit typing. The doctors have told us that this is the next time that there may be setbacks because the heart will be compressed and they have to find out if it can manage the increased pressure and if the conformation that they have his heart and arteries in will function well without any parts being squashed.
The surgery should take about an hour and will happen right on the CICU. They clear all non-essential staff and basically just treat the ICU like theatre rather than risk moving Jansen and all of his attached equipment. We'll be able to visit him after and then we'll talk to a surgeon about how his initial surgery went since we still haven't gotten to talk to anyone. Apparently, the head of the department is a busy man. :)
Will try to update tonight to let people know how the surgery went.
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praise God and still praying !!
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