Okay, Kaelyn is now getting set up in her room in the ICU post surgery. Wade and I just spoke with Dr. Healey. Here is a recap of what he said: He was really pleased with how well it all went. The old liver was really bad and degraded so it took a while to get it all out. The new liver is from a pediatric donor and Dr. Healey said it was the best possible match for Kaelyn. And it was worth the wait to get. He said that they had to reconstruct the bile duct and attach it directly to the intestines instead of the natural flow through the main bile duct because of all of the degradation of the ducts. They also found a huge collection of bile in the old liver so they are going to keep her on antibiotics for a little longer than they normally would just in case. They also reconstructed a connection from her aorta to the liver because of the last thrombosis of the hepatic artery. But all looked extremely well on the post surgery ultrasound. They were not able to close her up just yet becuase of the length of the surgery. She is swollen and needs a little time to get off the extra fluid. Healey said that possible next Monday or Tuesday they could close her up. She is intubated of course, but I guess she has already opened her eyes and tried to move around, they quickly drugged her up to stop her spunk for her own safety. But it is a really good sign that she was alert. She will be on some heperine for profalactic reasons to fend off blood clots (that's what started all of our last bile duct problems - no blood clots!).
I could not stop myself from giving Dr. Healey a long overdue hug! He is such a miracle worker. I long to be able to give my Heavenly Father a hug for the wonderful blessings he has given us.
Love to all!
Angie
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