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Hello,
Errol's grandson had his surgery and
all is looking well so far. Please read the below message from
Errol. Thank you for all your prayers and well wishes, they reached
Australia!
Hello Everyone,
Dane had his operation today. He was taken to the theatre at 7:30am and the procedure commenced at 8:00am. Shaun and his wife Liv waited with our daughter, Sharon at the hospital and at 1:00pm the phone rang to say Dane was off the by-pass machine. 2:00pm saw the social worker take Shaun and Liv to a debrief with the surgeon. He was happy with the operation. Dane has had his aortic valve replaced and another valve repaired, they used Dane's tissue to graft a repair to the hole in his heart and they scraped lots of infection from the heart chamber walls, I think this was the calcification that was stopping antibiotics from fully clearing up the infection. This is the first major hurdle overcome, more tests and checks to go.
Tonight we are advised Dane is looking a little better, there appears to be no
damage to the heart muscle where the infection had lodged but his clotting
cabability is not fully going yet.
He is back in ICU and hooked up to many devices. He will have to have another MRI to check for any brain bleeds, however there is no apparent cerebral swelling which is a good sign, also his body swelling is at a minimum, another good sign, he has to have some liver tests to come. Today has been a very long waiting day. But the call we got
later in the afternoon and this evening is what we have hoped and prayed
for. If the surgery was not done today, Dane would have, in all
probability not seen another 24 hours. We are so
releived. Thanks again for your kind thoughts and prayers for our
little Dane. We now hope he can recover and get through the
next phases of his treatments.
Love and Kind Regards from Mavis and Errol and Dane's very
thankfull
parents, Shaun and Liv....xxx.... South East Queensland, Australia.... |
