So about 2.5-3 hours after we handed Logan off to the surgical team to get started my cell phone rings. It's one of the Anesthesiologists in his team calling me to ask if Logan has ever been intubated before (which he hasn't). At this time...all I hear is "Blah Blah Blah Blah...Logan is ok!...Blah Blah Blah...we are calling off his surgery due to high risk." So...now I have fallen out of my chair and Jen is asking me what is going on. I'm sure you can guess how calm she is about now.Without me having to give everyone a medical lesson about airways...let's just say Logan is one special boy! So special that the head of Anesthesiology who has been donig this for 20 years has never seen this. She even calls in the Ear Nose & Throat Specialist and in his 18 years...he hasn't seen this either. Logan has a very anterior airway. They spent 2 hours trying to jam a tube the wrong way down his throat and it's now causing his airway to be swollen.
The swollen airway has numerous complications...especially when you get put on a heart/lung machine. Given this info, the surgeon wants to reschedule his surgery for a few weeks from now. It should go really smooth next time as they know exactly what's going on with his airway. So logan is back up in ICU and under some sedation. They were able to remove the breathing tube (that they worked so hard to get in) and is being watched so that he breaths normally.
All in all...Logan should be coming home within a day or two and we have the pleasure of scheduling and going though this ordeal all over again. Yeah...I'm a bit sarcastic and bitter at the moment. But I'm truly grateful that they put Logan's safety first. This pic of him was taken a few minutes ago. All this stuff connected to him and he didn't even make it into surgery! Good News...the Dr. at UCSF is going to check out Madison's airway tomorrow to see if she has this same thing! More info as I get it later today.
One more thing: Please support your local Ronald McDonald house! They need simple things such as coffee, printer paper, food...etc. They also take the green stuff (money that is...not your old leftovers in the fridge).
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wow. Thank goodness they were on the ball and caught this! I am sorry that you have to do a "take two" with all of this. Let me know if there's anything that the group can do to help.
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I'm so glad to hear that they've figured out one of the pieces to Logan's puzzle. I'm sorry that you'll have to go through the worry of another surgery, but know that we're all thinking about you guys.
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