On the road to recovery!

First of all, thank you everyone who is thinking of Kyson, praying for Kyson, and following his story. We have been showered with love and we are truly blessed. We know everything has gone so smoothly because there are people praying for Kyson everywhere!

Surgery is over!!! I'm so grateful to be able to say that. It has been a super long day but everything went well. I must say a huge thank you to my Mom, Natalie (and Dallas!), and Katie for keeping Jared and I company throughout this long day. My little brother Stephen also played with Caleb all day which was very helpful. I know so many others have done so much, I could go on and on thanking people. Just know that anything you have done is appreciated!

Dr. Pearl seemed happy with how everything went in surgery. It took a little while to get all the lines in so surgery lasted longer than planned but that's ok. The tricuspid repair went pretty good. Before surgery his leak was moderate and now it's mild to moderate. Not a huge change but it is better. The Fontan went well (for those who don't know they put in a conduit from the inferior vena cava to the pulmonary arteries). Dr. Pearl said his pulmonary veins are a little small but that's not abnormal for kiddos like him. This just meant he had to put in a little smaller conduit.

It took a long time to be able to come back and see him and they had already extubated him. When I got in here he said, "Mom, you took too long!" (I think he got pretty upset when he was extubated). He's also been asking me to snuggle him:) He's pretty thirsty and really wants a "big" cup of water. Of course it'll be a while before his stomach will tolerate anything. His chest tubes are still draining a large amount of blood so they will be watching that very closely to make sure that slows down significantly overnight.

Talking to his nurse, tomorrow will the hardest day as far as recovery is concerned. He will probably be in quite a bit of pain but they will try and keep it manageable.

Well, sorry it took me so long to get this posted. I started writing this post about two hours ago and Kyson keeps asking for me. I'm going to get this posted so I can give him my full attention:) Thanks again for EVERYTHING!!! I just can't say that enough! (oh and I promise to add some pictures when I have more time later) Good night!