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Alex did great!!!!! He is now in his room and on the road to recovery. He is swollen like before and is such a hard stick for IV's that they had to get a little creative with his lines. They ended up not needing to repair the aortic arch. It's gradient pressure is 5 and the surgeon felt like this was acceptable. Dr. Kouretas had to really take his time on the pulmonary artery it was very narrow and he spent a while repairing this. Then he also fixed the tricuspid valve.. it all looks better. Then they did the Glenn on top of those other things. His chest had some very intense scarring and they attatched him to the cannuals to the heart and lung by pass before even opening him up. The scar tissue was very packed, most likely due to the infection he contracted last time. It might also have been the delayed closure that occured from the revision of his Sano conduate. He is on a few drugs to keep him "happy" they have already closed his chest and have talked about extubating. I don't mind going slow with these things.. It is all so different than before...(not as bad as I thought Michelle) they were thinking tonight but want to maybe let him rest after all that and do it tomorrow. Jeff and I are pleased with how things are looking and want to thank everyone for all the prayers and fasting, we feel the love from everyone....