Before Surgery- no chest scars

Before Surgery- no chest scars

Monday, April 2, 2012

April 2 - pre-operative tests





This morning Mark and I left at 6:45 in the morning to drive to Salt Lake City. It was sad leaving the other 4 kids and they begged their dad to stay with them. Hopefully he'll go back in 3 days.

On the drive we stopped at the cheese factory in Burley to get the squeaky cheese Mark loves so much. Unfortunately they were out. Luke slept all but 2, 20 minute intervals. The first one was when I woke him up to eat (he couldn't eat after 9:39 in the morning because of the sedation). He was a super traveler!

We got to Primary Children's Hospital at 12:15 and went to register in. Then we went and had a chest x-ray, sedated echocardiogram (heart ultrasound), and cardiologist exam. This took only 6 hours to complete. Most of the time we had a crying Luke,desperately hungry and tired of bouncing parents. I think he got his Versed, Nubain, and other drug at 3:00. But he didn't get to eat again until 4:30 so he was very hungry.

We have to have Luke at the hospital by 6:00 a.m. Tomorrow for a cardiac catheterization. We're staying at my sister's house in Provo so we'll be leaving at about 4:45 a.m. To drive there. He will be admitted to the hospital for at least 6 hours and maybe over night. Then surgery on Wednesday.


1 comment:

  1. One day down! Take a deep breath. We are praying for all of you

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