Today we started our day out at 4:30am. We had to make sure Tucker got his medications before 5:00 am and turn off his overnight Pedialyte. We arrived at Children's hospital at 7:00 am, because we were told to arrive two hours early for the catheterization. Tucker is just getting over the stomach bug and has had diarrhea, so he needed to be changed. It was everywhere. While changing his outfit Michelle accidentally pulled out his NG tube while she was changing his outfit. So now we have one more thing to add to the list of things the surgeons have to do today. Updates to follow as we get them throughout the day.
10:00 am - They just brought Tucker in to prep him for his surgery.
12:00 noon - Tucker is prepped and they will begin shortly.
2:00 pm - NG tube is back in and the surgery is completed. They are finishing up and applying pressure until the entry wound clots. This takes a few minutes because he is on Plavix an Aspirin for medications.
4:00 pm - Tucker came out of surgery with a temperature of 101' . We are told that this is a normal body response to an invasion of the blood vessels and also maybe because he had to receive a blood transfusion. He has screamed for the last hour and a half and he finally got some Tylenol for his temperature "will also help with the pain". They had some problems getting access to his arteries, so he is a bloody mess on both sides of his groin and the right side of his neck. Besides that everything inside looks good, and the systemic pressure is right where it should be to proceed with then Glenn at the end of the month. They are still having some problems finding his pulse in the left foot, but they assure us as long as it stays warm and pink it is fine.
6:00 pm - Tucker started choking and dry heaving. We found out that they forced him out of anesthesia instead of letting him come out on his own. This causes a lot more nausea so they had to order some anti-nausea medication. Hopefully that will help, because listening to your child choke is horrible.
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