Loooooonnnnng night.

Elijah was sedated and sleepy for a couple of hours after the heart cath. He had to stay still on his back for six hours to allow the groin stick site to start healing well. Ha. Also, he woke up with a wrapped right hand and an IV. So with the perfect combination of a three-year-old coming out of anesthesia, required to stay immobile and unable to use his right hand, we had a very, very grumpy little boy.

He was thirsty and hungry, and all he wanted to do was sit up and eat his own Popsicle all by himself. Daddy came to the rescue and held his orange Popsicle because Mommy could not do anything right.

He finally let me lie down beside him on the bed and hold the iPad so he could watch a movie, but he was very put out about not being able to choose it and turn it on and hold it himself. At 9:45 pm he was finally allowed to sit up and was able to eat better. 

I sat up with him until after midnight, when he finally was settled enough to go back to sleep. I stayed on the bed with him because I was worried he would try to get out of bed in the middle of the night. After about four hours of sleep, he was up at 5 begging for the iPad again.

Now he is happily playing and waiting for his ride back to the operating room for the main event. The good news is he will be sedated and monitored after surgery, so we won't have to be the stay in bed police for a few days. His heart cath results came back very positive. He is a great candidate for the Fontan procedure with fenestration.

And.... Now he's grumpy again. Check back in a few hours. Surgery should take about six, and we will update as we can.

Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes.