surgery's over.

The repair went well. Korinne came to tell us that he is off the machine and his heart is beating on its own. Dr. Plunkett will walk upstairs with Athan in a few minutes and get him settled in the ICU, then come and report to us the details of the repair. Korinne seemed pleased with the surgery and how the little guy held up. Depending on how Athan comes off of the anesthesia, they may extubate him this afternoon! He'll have a drainage tube coming out below his sternum and two pacer wires in case there are irregularities with the heartbeat in the near future. We should get to go in and see him this afternoon, and hopefully get to hold him tomorrow.