Over all - it's been a great day! We arrived at OHSU at 6:30 this morning, but they didn't take her back to surgery until 12:00 noon. That wasn't supposed to be the case, but because of the shortage of rooms from the equipment failure yesterday, it put everyone back several hours. Kahlia wasn't quite so good today - she had a pretty fussy morning.
They didn't bring her back from surgery until around 3:45. It was long, but they were VERY pleased with the results. They ended up not even needing to put in the stent at this time - wow!! I'm not really good with details, but they went in the a cath on both sides, and put 3 different balloons in stretching and dialating her little arteries to allow more blood flow. They should stay open more now, and her oxygen saturation rates are looking GREAT!! She went in for her surgery with 69% saturation rate - and she is now ranging between 81 and 90%!!!!! It's 90% this very moment!! :-) She hasn't even woken up yet - so I can't wait to see how she feels with her new found energy level!! She usually wakes up from anesthesia tired, groggy, and grumpy, but after that she should feel great! I am so grateful for her great care at OHSU. The whole Cardiac team has been absolutely WONDERFUL!
The other good news is that this is a very temporary fix. They are now thinking her full repair could be in 3-6 months instead of the original thought of 6-12 months - yea!! From an insurance stand point - we're really pulling for her surgery to be before the end of the year! :-)
I'm feeling good - relaxed - and relieved. So grateful we don't have to have open heart surgery on Thursday. Grateful she will most likely get discharged tomorrow, and we can go on to have a normal rest of our summer.
Thanks to all of you who are praying for both our little Kahlia and our family as a whole. As the summer winds down, Scott's campaign begins to wind up!! Knowing our luck - they will schedule her full repair surgery right around election time in November - what are the chances of that? Hopefully none, but God tends to have a sense of humor with us -trying to find the busiest times for us to be even busier!
Anyway - that's all for now.
It is here that I've been documenting our adoption story. It was a discouraging journey for many years, but we are now in the midst of an amazing story. Kahlia has blessed us beyond words. She has filled our hearts completely with who God made her to be, and none of us could imagine our life with out her. We are now a family of six and continue on with the journey we call LIFE. Colossians 1:17 - He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
Praise the Lord! What an answer to prayer!
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