Fontan Update #4: Even a Small Amount of Water is Fun

About 15 minutes ago, I had a rather long conversation with the nurse who called with the latest update. Actually, it wasn't a conversation. Instead, it was her rambling on for what seemed like forever. The more she talked, the more anxious I got. I kept waiting for her to get to the bad part. When she had stopped talking, I responded as follows: "So, in summary, Dr. B is completing the graft and will soon ask Dr. K to take a look at what he's done. If she's good with it, y'all will start wrapping things up." She responded in the affirmative. I responded by thinking why couldn't you have just said that from the beginning.

At any rate, he's continuing to do well. The graft being referenced is the bridge I talked about here. Once that's done, and Dr. K is go with the result, they'll pull him off bypass and, if he responds well, they'll start winding up. So, this time the next update should be to that effect.

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Since Ayden hasn't been able to make multiple trips to the pool, on several occasions I've filled up his kiddie pool and plopped him in the middle of it. He will play independently for longer in this than he will doing anything else. Allison gets a break from having two kids in the house and all I have to do is sit outside and make sure he doesn't drown or run off.