In surgery

Well, this morning we got to go into the NICU and hold Maverick at 0600. The anesthesiologist and OR staff came to get him about 730. He went into the OR at 0817 and we got a call at 1008 that they had finished with anesthesia and lines (they started a radial art line, a subclavian central line, intubated and gave a caudal block along with the inhaled gases and IV anesthesia), had him on the pump and had just made the incision. The last call was just a few minutes ago and Dr. Mendeloff had dissected out the pulmonary artery and aorta and was making the switch. After he finishes with that he will start working on the coronary artery. He had told us before the procedure that he would fix the VSD prior to doing the switch, so I'm assuming he's finished with that part. We should get another update in about an hour. I'll keep you all posted.