Total Shock

We are currently waiting in the family waiting area at the Children's Hospital in Macon, GA, waiting for Sam to be intubated and stabilized so we can bring him to Atlanta.

Sam has been breathing heavier and looking bluer over the last few days. I called the cardiologist just to confirm the date of our next appointment and they asked how he was. When I told them, they got really nervous and sent us to the hospital to evaluate the need for home oxygen supplementation. To make a long, painful story short, the oxygen didn't work and Sam's blood oxygen levels continued to be low and even drop some. They wanted to transfer him to Atlanta right away but they thought he was too unstable.

They are currently intubating him and giving him medicine to bring his blood pH back to normal. Once he is stable, he will go straight to the cardiac ICU in Atlanta's Egleston Hospital. Our cardiologist believes we will likely be headed to surgery as soon as they can get us in. He thinks something has changed since last week's heart cath. Maybe one of the holes in Sam's heart got smaller, maybe the lung pressures changed...they don't know. All they know is he is better off in Atlanta. And after the way we have been treated tonight, I TOTALLY AGREE (but that is a story for another post).

Anyway, we will do our best to update this blog and our facebook pages as we can. Please pray for Sam.

~Kathy