Four Hours Into Open-Heart Surgery

At 11:00 a.m. we received an update on Isabelle.  She is on the heart/lung bypass  machine, they are through all the scar tissue, and they are working on her actual Fontan.  Please continue to pray that she will remain stable through the procedure, pray for skill for Dr. Bradley and for the anesthesiology team and also pray for the entire OR team as they continue to care for Izzy.

This photo was taken of Isabelle as she awaited surgery this morning.  We got up at 4:30 a.m. and had to be at the hospital at 5:30 a.m..  This was actually taken after they gave her a dose of Versed so she was quite loopy. 

The  nurse that took Isabelle to the OR, this morning, was Rita. In God's providence she is a believer, a mother of 3 sons (1 adopted domestically) and has her paperwork in process in China to adopt. Needless to say it was wonderful to hand-off my sleeping Isabelle into her loving hands. God is SO good to take care of even those little details!!