The day has finally arrived for Lyla's surgery to repair her AVSD. Our hope is that this correction will help her with a few other issues we've been keeping an eye on, including low energy, gastrointestinal issues, eye shifting, etc.
Its a day for mixed feelings because we're anxious to get her repaired, but at the same time, its a very invasive surgery and not a small thing. After arriving at the hospital at 6:00am, she finally went back to the operating room around 8:30.
It took a good 6 hours before we got to see her again, and she was heavily sedated to get her swelling down. The surgery itself went well. The surgeon let us know about a few unexpected abnormalities, including an atypical avsd formation that made it difficult to insert the artificial ventricular septum, and has resulted in a small amount of leakage. As described to us though, it should not even be noticeable to her in the future. It was also thought that her atrial septum had not formed, but it had, just in the wrong location that was partially blocking some of her blood flow. This membrane was completely removed during the surgery, and a gore-tex atrial septum was inserted in the proper location.
Our surgeon, Dr. Gary Raff, had also noticed that her lungs were not quite formed properly. Instead of being a kind of pinkish color on the surface, the had lots of little bubbles on the exterior. It does not seem to affect her breathing, and is not likely that any procedure will ever be needed.
Although we didn't do much, it was an exhausting day, and we were happy to see our little girl again, and so happy for all the prayers and fasts that helped make her surgery a success.
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