The doctors did an echo this afternoon and have decided that the single-ventricle route is the way to go, which was one of the options we knew of before we came in. They are going to do a cath tomorrow just to check everything out before they actually go in for the surgery. Gabby seems to be doing well and looks better than both Abbie and I had expected. She has pretty good color and only has a single tiny tube in her nose at this point. She had a second larger tube in earlier, but the doctors felt she was breathing well enough to switch over to the oxygen tube with the prongs in the nose. You can see the difference between the first few pictures and the last one, which is the most current set-up.
Mac was able to come and meet his baby sister earlier this evening as well and seemed to be in amazement. He just kept staring at her and he waved at her and whispered "hi" when we got in the room. He really liked when he got to "tickle" her feet and he blew her kisses when we got ready to leave.
Once again, a big "thank you" to everyone for all the kind and positive words and prayers. We will try and keep everyone posted fairly regularly of the day-to-day stuff going on with Gabby.
Here are the first few pics of her...
Gabby is so beautiful and precious, and I love the story about how Mac met his little sister!
ReplyDeleteI am so blessed to be able to call you my family.
Love you all very much,
Erin
Abby and Derek,
ReplyDeleteGabby is absolutely beautiful. I am glad to hear that you did well and that things are going well for Gabby at this point. As the next couple days approach all of you I will be saying a lot of prayers for you. I can't wait to see her in person, take care and best of luck to all of you.
Julie Cole