Pulmonary Artery Banding

We came in at 6am to the hospital this morning to meet with the surgeon. The surgical team informed us that they had decided to put pulmonary artery bands in James chest. To do this they had to put him under and open up his chest. We met with the anesthesiologist and the surgeon and we received all important information about the procedure. At 11:45 am the anesthesiologist came in to get him for surgery. We were updated after 35 minutes that they were about to start the procedure. One hour later, at 1:22 pm, they were already done. We met with Dr. Forbess in the consultation room and he explained that everything went good and his blood flow was now spreading more evenly between his lungs and the rest of his body, all of his values went up and he will be more comfortable. He was rolled back into the ICU shortly after and we were able to see him for a short while when they rolled him down the hall. We will be able to go back and be with him in about an hour, they just have to get him situated in his room. He still looks the same and we feel so much better knowing we have one step down towards getting his heart better. He is one tough little guy! Thank you all for the support we are getting.