May 10 @ 8:30
It has been a rollercoaster of a ride - several surgery dates and delays due to colds, being bumped, etc. Lauren started having a cold again last week and had another viral panel done on Monday. Stanford had us come to pre-op on Tuesday in case it came back negative. We spent hours at the hospital doing tests, meeting the surgical team, and anesthesiologist. Her blood work done at Stanford came back fine, so the PA thought the viral panel would be negative. We got the call at 3:45 pm on Tuesday that she tested positive for the Corona virus again. The surgical team huddled on her case, and decided they would proceed with surgery due to the way she presented in clinic. If she was worse in the morning, surgery would be delayed again. We arrived at the hospital at 6:15 am. She was checked out by her surgical team and they decided to proceed with surgery. She has 3 female anesthesiologists, a nurse, her surgeon, and PA as part of her team. The anesthesiologists gave her some meds to relax her and they wheeled her off to the operating room around 7:45. Surgery is to start at 8 am and she is in the operating room now. The surgery will take 6 hours. This is Lauren's second open heart surgery. Her first surgery was to repair her congenital heart defect, Tetralogy of Fallot (yes, this is what Jimmy Kimmel's son has, plus he has pulmonary atresia). As a result of her first surgery, her pulmonary valve leaks making her right ventricle work harder and increase in size. It is at a size now that her pulmonary valve needs to be repaired/fixed. Her surgeon hopes to be able to repair her pulmonary valve to reduce the leak. He will not know for sure until he sees it during surgery. If he can repair it, this may be her last surgery. Otherwise, they will use a pig's valve.
May 9 @ 9:37PM
Surgery is tomorrow morning. Check back often tomorrow and later days for updates. Feel free to share this link with anyone you think would like updates on Lauren's progress.
It has been a rollercoaster of a ride - several surgery dates and delays due to colds, being bumped, etc. Lauren started having a cold again last week and had another viral panel done on Monday. Stanford had us come to pre-op on Tuesday in case it came back negative. We spent hours at the hospital doing tests, meeting the surgical team, and anesthesiologist. Her blood work done at Stanford came back fine, so the PA thought the viral panel would be negative. We got the call at 3:45 pm on Tuesday that she tested positive for the Corona virus again. The surgical team huddled on her case, and decided they would proceed with surgery due to the way she presented in clinic. If she was worse in the morning, surgery would be delayed again. We arrived at the hospital at 6:15 am. She was checked out by her surgical team and they decided to proceed with surgery. She has 3 female anesthesiologists, a nurse, her surgeon, and PA as part of her team. The anesthesiologists gave her some meds to relax her and they wheeled her off to the operating room around 7:45. Surgery is to start at 8 am and she is in the operating room now. The surgery will take 6 hours. This is Lauren's second open heart surgery. Her first surgery was to repair her congenital heart defect, Tetralogy of Fallot (yes, this is what Jimmy Kimmel's son has, plus he has pulmonary atresia). As a result of her first surgery, her pulmonary valve leaks making her right ventricle work harder and increase in size. It is at a size now that her pulmonary valve needs to be repaired/fixed. Her surgeon hopes to be able to repair her pulmonary valve to reduce the leak. He will not know for sure until he sees it during surgery. If he can repair it, this may be her last surgery. Otherwise, they will use a pig's valve.
May 9 @ 9:37PM
Surgery is tomorrow morning. Check back often tomorrow and later days for updates. Feel free to share this link with anyone you think would like updates on Lauren's progress.