In the OR

We'll see if this works.. Suddenly the hospital is blocking blogger, so I have to try to make a post the hard way.

Elijah did great this morning, starving and all. He was a good boy as we waited for the doctors and nurses to make their rounds. Now that he's more mobile, we had a hard time containing him in our little room. He wanted to scoot everywhere!

We got our favorite anesthesiologist again, Dr. Altman. He took care of Elijah for his last heart surgery and he is wonderful. He assessed E's upper respiratory cold and felt comfortable going ahead with surgery since his oxygen sats WERE AT 99% (!!) and since he hasn't shown signs of being fatigued.

We asked the surgeon a few questions (uggg, have I mentioned how incredibly arrogant this man is?) and we feel totally comfortable with him repairing our baby. Arrogant, yes, but he certainly knows what he's doing.

Anyway, we got to go into the OR and hold Elijah as he was put under anesthesia. That was the first time we have done that and it FREAKED ME OUT. I'm not sure I'll be doing that again. Dr. Altman just peeked his head in and said that so far, everything is going great. We are for sure spending the night (booo!) because they are being extra cautious about his heart. Dan and I will be sleeping on the floor, as there is not even a couch in this room. Fun!

I'll update again when we hear more. Thanks for the prayers. Keep them coming.