06.10.08
Logan has Surgery
At a little over a week old, Logan had to have his first surgery today. For the last week, the doctors have been trying to close the PDA valve in Logan’s heart with medication. After two rounds of medication – each consisting of 3 doses spread 24 hours apart – the valve closed a lot, but it was still not completely closed, so they decided the best thing to do was go in surgically and close it off.
Logan didn’t really like the surgery. They had to put him on his side and deflate his left lung in order to gain the most access to the PDA valve. Because of this the nurses had to increase his ventilator settings and bump his oxygen support to 100% for about 3 hours after the surgery. Once he got over this initial hump, though, they were able to ween him back down to his normal levels. We’re hoping that this surgery will really kick-start his recovery process.