The bad news is that there was a second aortic aneurysm that needed to be grafted, so he now has a graft connected to a graft connected to a mechanical valve. The bionic man in the making. What worries us here is that with Max's "unknown" syndrome we just don't know if these aneurysms will continue to need surgical attention. No one can predict just how much of an aorta can be grafted.
The other concern is that they did have to cool the body to the point where his brain was not being perfused, we had hoped to skip this part because it is always a risk.
All in all things seem to have gone well, the surgeon is happy and therefore so are we!
Stay tuned......
1 comment:
Even though there was a unwelcome surprise...sounds like Max (the champ) did great!
Appreciating your updates.
Praying with Hope,
~ Chris A ~
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