God is Good!

Jadon's surgery was yesterday.  We showed up at 6:00 am at Sick Kids to get him ready.  After a sanitizing wipe-down, a change of clothes and a medicine, we were down in the pre-op room.  We were told that the OR had been booked until 3:00pm but that is was likely the surgery would take several hours longer than that.  Both the cardiac surgeon and anesthetist indicated to us that this was to be a 'difficult' surgery.  There were several contingency plans in place for a variety of not so positive to outright negative outcomes.

Around 8:00 am we kissed Jadon goodbye and committed him to God in prayer.  We had been very encourage and buoyed knowing that many people, literally from around the world, were praying for our little guy, his medical team and our family during this time.   We spent the time walking around the hospital, grabbing lunch, each of us getting a nap.  During our walk around the hospital we were reminded once again how many lives Jadon has touched.  Ward clerks, fellows, nurses, porters, PSWs, cleaners, managers etc... stopped us in the halls to ask us how Jadon's surgery was going.

Shortly before 2:00pm, we were sitting in the surgical waiting room when Jadon's cardiac surgeon showed up.  We assumed he was there to give us a update; to indicate that they were moving on to one or more of the contingency plans and that they would be several more hours.  Nope!  The surgery was done!  Not on ECMO?  No!  Chest still open? No!  Any complications? No!  We were very pleasantly surprised.  The surgeon (and subsequently the ICU doctors, head nurses, our complex care doctor and several others) have all admitted the same!

Jadon was actually extubated yesterday evening.  He is off all of his post-operative medications (other than a pain medication) and is being switched back to his home medications.  He is interacting with us (however in a very grumpy way - who can blame him?) and is drinking some water and juice orally.  We have started his feeds.  Overall, he is doing very well.  The ICU attending this morning told us, "We are trying to show you what the fast lane through the ICU at Sick Kids is.  It's  road you haven't been on before!"  It is nice to see many familiar faces among the staff.

We truly appreciate all of the prayers that have gone up on Jadon's behalf (as well as for all of our family).  I will end with a verse that Sara has been holding on to for a long time when it comes to Jadon.

Ephesians 3:20, 21
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.