01/18/2007

The good, the bad, and the ugly: Good news, bad news, and scary news all at once! Here is the bad news. That darn PDA is open! The docs aren't surprised, either. The problem with this PDA has obviously been not having a pediatric thoracic surgeon. This is the bad news. This is the scary news. Emery is on the surgical schedule for heart surgery on Monday. The new pediatric thoracic surgeon's credentialing has come through and he will be at the hospital this weekend and will be performing the surgery Monday. Please pray for skill for the surgeon and for Emery to recover! The good news. Emery is really stable. He's been covered on antiobiotics. He's peeing very well. His blood pressures are doing good. He's about as ready for surgery as he's ever going to get. The doctors are going to minimally treat his PDA and just to help support him until he can be operated on on Monday. Now please keep us all in your prayers. Babies like Emery tend to get a little sicker after surgery but he does need it so please pray for him on Monday and for the rest of that week that he can recover. I will keep everyone updated,