Today was the day that we went to Texas Children's Hospital and met with Dr. Fraser. (We really liked Dr. Fraser because he didn't sugar-coat anything.) They took Hudson's weight(a little over 27 pounds), height(around 37 inches) and blood pressure. You would of thought that they were trying to put an iv in Hudson with the way he was screaming and crying! Poor baby, I think that he has been traumatized. Dr. Fraser explained that Hudson's surgery will indeed need to be open heart surgery again. (That's a little disappointing, but we want it to be fixed properly.) He explained that where the muscle band is in his right ventricle this would be the best option and that if he were to go through a catheter that he would feel like the surgery would be "experimental" and would not be the best option. He did say that we could wait a year, two, four or even ten years. However, right now Hudson's heart looks good. If we decided to wait we would then be risking the side effects / complications to occur and the surgery could possibly be more complicated. He said that the muscle band will not get better for sure, but it could possibly stay the same. Bryan and I both feel that it would be best to go ahead with the surgery while Hudson is still young and is able to bounce back from it and hopefully not have much memory of this time.
Dr. Fraser said that while they are in there they will:
* fix the muscle band - Dr. Fraser said that they will take the band out, but stay
on the side of caution as to note take too much of and damage the right ventricle.
* replace the patch on the previous VSD - Dr Fraser said that the patch is being to push into the right ventricle. There is concern that eventually the patch could be damaged.
* fix the leaky tricuspid valve that was repaired in the 1st surgery - He said that more than likely the reason for the valve leaking again is from the pressure caused from the VSD as well as the muscle band.
We should be hearing from his office in the next month and we are wanting to schedule the surgery for the beginning of the summer.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers. You never dream that your child will have to go through something so serious at a young age, much less ever! Pray that God will continue to show us HIS hand in this situation, that we will continue to trust HIM completely knowing what is best for our precious baby! Pray that the surgeons will be able to completely repair his heart and that this will be the last surgery needed. Pray for strength for Bryan and I to process all of this.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding" Proverbs 3:5
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Thanks for the update. Praying for ya'll! We love you!!!
Kathy, Ritchie, Ryan and Taylor
Yes, we will be praying for Hudson, you and Bryan for God to give all of you strength as you go through this tough situation again. And always know God is in control and HE will take care of Hudson! Love you all!
~Jason, Alicia & Kaleb
As always, our sweet boy is in our prayers along with you and B. We know and trust that God will take care of Hudson!
We're praying for Hudson and Family Carnes! I appreciate your spirit in all of this. The Lord has the power.
Wow STEPH! I cannot even imagine the emotions you are feeling. I pray that God will give you strength & make this surgery helpful so Hudson will not have to do this again. Praying for your family!
Praying for all those things and thanking God that Hudson is so healthy.
Praying for all of you, especially sweet Hudson. We had been praying this was not the case, but it sounds like he is in the best hands ever at TCH.
I am hoping we can get together and have a couple of playdates before he has the surgery. Emma loves sweet Hudson and will be praying for him also.
Please let us know if there is ANYTHING we can do for you guys.
We love you all and will be lifting you guys up daily. Thanks for the update.
I am so terribly sorry to hear that poor baby must endure another surgery. We will most definitely keep him in our prayers, and please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help. I will check back in for more updates on Hudson. Give him a big kiss from his favorite blonde ;)
we are praying for you all!!! Dr. Fraser is a great great man. We could not be more happy with him.
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