We just got to kiss Noah!! He was on his way to his ICU room and them stopped for a quick second so we could catch a glimpse of him. He looks GREAT!!!! Now they are hooking him up to his room monitors and ventilation machines so it will be another hour before we can go back to his room to settle for the night.

The pexy is done. The heart is done. Heart is beating on its own. Chest is CLOSED! No pacemakers. A little bit of bleeding that should seal in a couple days. He is being monitored on the OR still. He is stable! Surgery is DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise God!!!!! 12 hours in the OR so far! But my baby is strong!!!! Please continue to pray for his recovery. Noah is amazing his doctors!!!

Sorry this update is a little late, I had went to art therapy for an hour while Aaron continued to wait for updates from the nurse.

5:30pm: The echo showed some bleeding so they are getting it under control. He is off bypass and no heart-block (where the electrical system of the heart is not functioning correctly causing the upper and lower chambers of the heart to beat at their own rhythms). They are warming his body.

6:30pm: The bleeding is under control and they are starting the last broncoscopy to look at the airways. Noah is stable and doing very well!

The heart repair is done! He is still on the bypass but being warmed up and then they will start his heart and do an echo to make sure there are no leaks or and additional holes they need to patch. Everything has gone super smooth so far! A BIG answer to our prayers!!!! Dr. Mitchel even said that his trachea malasia was not as bad as they were expecting! Another answered prayer!!!! So now we are waiting to hear back after the echo is done if they will need to go back in the heart to make any adjustments. Then if he is not too swollen, they will re-do the airway pexy.

I am filled with JOY!!! God is in this place and He is working through the surgeons and nurses. Thank you Jesus, for giving Dr. Mitchel the talent and knowledge to perform such a complex surgery!

Stay tuned!! :D

Still on bypass and they are now closing the VSD. He is still being a good boy. Things are going smoothly. There are about 5 or 6 more things Dr. Mitchel needs to do with his heart.
I still feel pretty peaceful. I have a lot of friendly distractions... Thank you for the friends that are chatting with me and making me laugh. It is good therapy! :)

On bypass for the past hour and 25 minutes. His body temperature is 18 degrees Celsius which is 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit. This body cooling is done to help his body function under less oxygen while his heart is asleep and being worked on. He is "being a very good boy" and his vitals are great.

Next update to come in an hour.

Noah, for the past 20 minutes, is now on bypass and his heart is now "asleep" and the repair is now started. The room is cooled and Noah is "vacationing in the Arctic" lol. Vitals are stable. We are possibly looking at 2 - 3 hours on bypass. He is doing very well!!

The waiting room is starting to empty a bit. Maybe 6 families in here now. I am feeling exhausted and really miss my pillow right now! lol

Stay tuned.