Surgery Update: 8:30pm - Setbacks

Things aren't going as well as we had hoped. Evie was off the heart and lung machine for about an hour, but her oxygen levels did not return to normal, so she was put back on the machine. Her surgeon, Dr. Ilbawi, wants to replace the conduit/shunt he just put in place with a larger (wider) one to hopefully increase her blood flow.

So basically: they're starting over. This conduit isn't from a donor baby, but might be from an animal (the cardiac nurse thought maybe a cow? I'm sure Gavin will think that's cool someday). The bit of good news is that her heart was still beating strong. We'll get another update from the cardiac nurse about 10pm. Please keep praying for little Evie!