Please keep little Sydney and her family in your prayers, especially during the next few weeks. Sydney will go in Wednesday for another open heart surgery. She has been to the cath lab twice to get her pulmonary arteries ballooned in the last year, with limited success. The plan is to put adult-size stents in both of her pulmonary arteries. These stents will stay there forever, and be adjusted as needed by Dr. Ebeid in the cath lab. Typically, a stent is put in in the cath lab, but these are too big, and would cause permanent damage to Sydney if done that way. The procedure is called the 'Hybrid' procedure, Dr. Ebeid and Dr. Salazar will both be in the OR. Sydney will be place on bypass for this 4-8 hour surgery, but they do not plan on stopping her heart as they did in her previous surgery. They are also going to be looking at her aortic stenosis. This is very common in children that have William's Syndrome. If this problem gets any worse, then Sydney may need a valve replacement. They will also be checking out her arch(first operation)and her ASD(a small hole in the top two ventricles).
Sydney and my Avery seem to have a lot in common, and we were in a very similar place this time last year! Prayer is what makes the difference, so please, PLEASE, PRAY!
Mom and dad will keep updates on their caring bridge page at this link:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/sydneymead
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