Surgery details

One more quick note tonight to thank you all SO MUCH for your prayers support and encouragement.  Today has been a whirlwind day of meeting with doctors, nurses and teams of amazing people who will be taking care of Koalton over the next few days and weeks.  We were blessed with some time to hold him today, and will get to again tomorrow morning before his surgery as well.

I’ve had a number of people ask exactly what the surgery entails tomorrows, so I’ll give you a quick run-down.  FIRST, here’s an amazing picture Adam made that shows a normal heart and its function and Koal’s heart and it’s defects.

The procedure they are performing tomorrow is called a Blalock-Taussig shunt. There’s more info here: http://childrensheartinstitute.org/educate/gallery/btshunt.htm

Thank you again for your continued prayers.  We definitely feel them and know that God goes before us through all of this. He is our comfort and strength.

We will keep you posted tomorrow as we know more. God bless you all.