FAITH not fear!!!

I didn't think I would post again today, but we came back to the hotel to get some sleep earlier than we originally thought. We had a few developments after lunch that are worthy of sharing, and tomorrow we might not have time to update before the CT scan and surgery.

We met with the anesthesiologist after lunch today. He explained exactly what would happen from his side of the surgery and gave us all the details if the procedure has to be a complete bypass or if it was a side entry "balloon" surgery. A complete bypass will be necessary if the CT scan shows that the aorta is interrupted or is shaped irregular. This surgery will be very extensive as major repairs would have to be made to the aorta and will last from 6 to 8 hours.

If there is not any interruption or irregularity of the aorta and all we're dealing with is coarctation (narrowing) of the aorta, the surgery is done from his side and they use a "balloon" to widen the constricted space. This procedure takes this particular doctor 9 MINUTES.

Dr. "Michi" Imamura will be the surgeon. Please pray that God will bless Dr. Imamura and hide him behind the Lord's hands tomorrow. We are approaching tomorrow with FAITH not fear!!!

The highlight of our stay happened just after we talked with the anesthesiologist. The nurses (Cydne & Dana) had seen enough of our sadness and went above and beyond for us today.......they held all the wires and tubes together and let us hold Brycen!!!!!! It was a moment we will never forget. We are so blessed to have such wonderful people taking care of all 3 of us!

The pictures are of us holding him today and then of Cydne holding him up for us when he opened those little eyes. We are off to bed!

Thank you sooooooooo much for all you all have done. We could not get through this without you. May God bless each and every one of you and may He be present in Brycen's life tomorrow.

We love you all!!!!!