...that Magnus's weight puts him in the tenth percentile for his age?
This is the first time since he was born that he's been on the growth charts!
The latest...
10 years ago
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
In recovery
Magnus is technically in "recovery," although the pediatric recovery room closes at 5 so he is physically in the pediatric cardiac ICU instead. That's fine with us because it's nice and quiet in here and we got to visit with some of our old nurses who saw us through his first two surgeries.
Magnus is groggy and pretty unhappy, but looks good.
Not much else to add, but one thing I thought was funny: the head cath doctor thought that Magnus was 2! I'm pretty sure this is officially the first time he has been mistaken for older than he really is.
Magnus is groggy and pretty unhappy, but looks good.
Not much else to add, but one thing I thought was funny: the head cath doctor thought that Magnus was 2! I'm pretty sure this is officially the first time he has been mistaken for older than he really is.
Moving in the right direction
Just got to talk to the doc and get confirmed details.
Basically, although there was not a dramatic improvement in his pressures, everything is moving in the right direction. Magnus has not grown any new collaterals, and they clamped off 6 today. Most excitingly, there is talk of taking him off oxygen and he gets to stop taking Plavix! And it looks like we'll be going home tomorrow a.m.
Gotta run and see him!
Basically, although there was not a dramatic improvement in his pressures, everything is moving in the right direction. Magnus has not grown any new collaterals, and they clamped off 6 today. Most excitingly, there is talk of taking him off oxygen and he gets to stop taking Plavix! And it looks like we'll be going home tomorrow a.m.
Gotta run and see him!
They're done
Iggy just called up and they're finished in the cath lab. We're going to meet up with the head cath Dr. in about 15 minutes to discuss how things went and where we go from here. I may not be able to update for a while, though, because hopefully after that we'll get to go to recovery and see Magnus.
Pretty good news
Just called the cath lab, they said Magnus is doing well, that his pressures are lower than last time (!!!!!) and they are still coiling off collateral veins. I don't know how significant the improvement is, but thank god it's not bad news. They are coiling off a lot of collateral veins and said they'd be in there at least another hour.
Lots of happy tears after getting off the phone, and my heart no longer feels like it's going to pound right out of my chest. But we still have to talk to the docs and figure out where we go from here.
Lots of happy tears after getting off the phone, and my heart no longer feels like it's going to pound right out of my chest. But we still have to talk to the docs and figure out where we go from here.
Still no news
Still haven't heard anything from the cath lab. I'm trying not to read into that one way or another. If they finished up really fast, though, that would probably be bad and mean that his pressures were too high for them to be able to do anything. Taking a long time could also be bad, though. Like I said, I'm trying not to read too much into it (and not being very successful).
Iggy and I are hanging out at the library. If you ever need to wait for someone having surgery or something at UCSF, the library is the best place to do it, especially now that they have wireless access here (they used to have it only for students & employees). The library has beautiful views, comfy chairs, it's nice and quiet, and it's right across the street. Yay library.
Iggy and I are hanging out at the library. If you ever need to wait for someone having surgery or something at UCSF, the library is the best place to do it, especially now that they have wireless access here (they used to have it only for students & employees). The library has beautiful views, comfy chairs, it's nice and quiet, and it's right across the street. Yay library.
Just dropped off
We finally brought Magnus up to the cath lab around 1:30, and are now eating lunch.
This morning actually went pretty smoothly, except when they tried and failed (but only once) to put in an IV and when they put him under with gas for the cath. Magnus was otherwise in good spirits and charmed everyone. We were also impressed that he now weighs 10.3 kilos (about 22.5 lbs). At the end of March he had just barely cracked 20 lbs, so that is very good gain.
I am having some trouble with hospital internet access so updates may be sporadic.
We don't expect to hear anything from the cath lab for a while; they said that we should call them if we don't hear anything by 4:30. Will let you know more as I am able!
This morning actually went pretty smoothly, except when they tried and failed (but only once) to put in an IV and when they put him under with gas for the cath. Magnus was otherwise in good spirits and charmed everyone. We were also impressed that he now weighs 10.3 kilos (about 22.5 lbs). At the end of March he had just barely cracked 20 lbs, so that is very good gain.
I am having some trouble with hospital internet access so updates may be sporadic.
We don't expect to hear anything from the cath lab for a while; they said that we should call them if we don't hear anything by 4:30. Will let you know more as I am able!
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