Surgeon report

Complicated.
Tricky.
Longer than expected.

Details:
-Normal sinus rhythm (ie/ no conduction issues, nerve didn't get in the way of the knife!!). This also means that her heart is beating normally and unassisted! Woo hoo!
-The VSD was obstructed and difficult to access. He actually had to make the hole larger in order to repair the defect with a very large patch (22 mm patch). He also had to remove muscle and the pull down the tricuspid valve to make the repair. Apparently, it was a pretty tricky procedure.
-ASD was a decent size and repaired without issue.
-Pulmonary valve looked good. He mentioned something about a patch in the pulmonary artery or valve.. ? I didn't ask for the details about it because I was getting the "please don't ask anymore questions- I'm annoyed with you look" from the surgeon. I let it go. I was just happy that the pulmonary valve was ok. And, admittedly, I ask a lot of questions.
-Overall, all is good. And he is happy with the outcome given the complexity of her condition. She has some leakage in her tricuspid valve (no doubt due to him moving it) but its minor. There is also some small amount of leakage around the patch. Again- its minor.

His parting comments to us:

" It was a tricky case. Fortunately, I still had a few tricks up my sleeve ...I used a few today. "

We should be able to see her in an hour.
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