Pics of Andy after recovering from surgery. What a little trooper!!!
So here is the story......Dave came home 30 minutes before we were about to leave for Vandy and Andy's alarm on his pump started to sound. This meant that the Flolan was not able to pump into Andy's heart. We did everything to try to get it to work again. We changed the pump, changed the medicine and fiddled with the tubing. Nothing worked. So we jumped in our car and headed to the ER here in knoxville. They put in a peripheral line and began the infusion again. All in all Andy was off of his Flolan for probably over an hour. We then headed to Vandy where we had to go to the ER because there were no beds available in the hospital. We were not actually admitted to the hospital until 2:30am the next morning. At 6:30 am Andy went to the OR for surgery to replace his old broviac seen as it was no longer funtioning. His surgery went great and he was out in recovery in no time. This visit was a bit different for him however because he was so aware of everything and everybody around him. Every time someone would walk into the room he would start crying because he knew what they were coming to do. So thrusday and friday were rough days for him and us. On top of that none of us getting any sleep.
Andy was unable to get a Cath because they wanted the data they received from the Cath to be as accurate as possible. With him being off flolan for a while Dr. Moore just didn't think this was the best time. The GREAT news however, is that he was off of Flolan for atleast an hour and when we got to Vandy for an echo his pressures were still normal. So although our plans changed and Andy unfortunately had to get another Broviac we got some great information on Andy's condition. We will be going back to Vandy sometime within the next three weeks for a Cath. Please continue to pray for him and pray that his new Broviac and old Broviac area on his chest would heal well.
This was the exact same time we were in the hospital last year. Only instead of being trained on Flolan and hoping for change in Andy's pressures we were talking about how amazing it was that his pressures were NORMAL. We were able to visit with Dr. Doyle. He was the Dr. who gave us the tough news last year. We hadn't seen him since that time. So he stopped by to visit and rejoice with us that Andy was doing so well. Of course we got to hang out with Dr. Moore and Mary Beth and enjoy Andy's progress as well. We are so thankful for our Dr.'s and nurses who cared for Andy so well. We are thankful for there hard work and wisdom. We are most thankful however, that the Lord did a great work in Andy's heart....it is a miracle.
