Day 6

Tyler is almost 1 week old. He has become cuter and cuter each day and is looking so much like Scott as a baby. He is precious and we feel so blessed that he is at such a great hospital with the opportunity to have surgery. I was talking to a cardiologist visiting from Turkey yesterday who said that almost anywhere else in the world wouldn't have surgery options. In Turkey they don't even have PGE let alone pediatricians qualified to care for them after surgery. It sure makes you count your blessings of where you live. Tyler is doing well and we are excited for his surgery which will be tomorrow morning around 9. The doctor has 2 surgeries today that he won't postpone because Tyler is very stable. He wants him to have 1 more day for his lungs to strengthen and his subdural hematoma to be monitored. They are a little concerned about the hematoma. The neurosurgeon said that although it is very common from childbirth it is the largest he has seen which is a concern for surgery. He said it should be fine, but just in case anticoagulants cause more bleeding a neurosurgeon should be able to easily go in and stop it. We are lucky that they found it on the MRI since it didn't show up on the ultrasound. This and the diagnosis were both caught from something else. We meet with the surgeon today and should have a better update on the Norwood as well as how they will enlarge the coarctation in the aortic bridge. We feel good about the surgery and are excited Tyler is close to his days of recovery. We know that it will all work out. Thanks for your emails, prayers and love. Mom and dad are doing well.