Making a U turn

And just like that, we are headed home again.
Tiernan has "Rhinovirus".
But don't bother researching this scary condition.  It is a simple cold.
Unless you are scheduling a massive reconstructive open heart surgery.

So on Monday, we arrived and went straight into Pre-Cath testing.  We mentioned the runny nose and this prompted the nasal swab which came back pos for this hideous virus.
They went ahead with the cath because lab reports had come back fine...CBC and CRP for those of you who would know.  The swab culture hadn't come back yet but everything still looked good so they proceeded with the cath.  Cath went well, as you already know, but the piece of the puzzle that hadn't really made it into the news until later this morning was that Dr. Boltz (anesthesiologist) suctioned some yellow gunky stuff from his lungs when removing the breathing tube.  This was what sealed the deal.  Despite the fact that, clinically, he seemed pretty much fine, the team is definitely not okay with doing this surgery.

 As Dr. Obayashi said, "It's for the best, though, since you don't want to put him on bypass with an active viral lung infection.  He could develop ARDS (badly damaged lungs), which could single-handedly make it so he doesn't survive."

And that, as they say, is that.
No body wants to risk that.

So now we have new orders...6-8 weeks of waiting and getting healthy and a new date on the books.
July 18th.
July.
Ugh.
It could be a little earlier.  If there is a cancellation and it happens to work for us to get down there.
But....July.

Now, the big question is whether or not I go back to school.  From our cardiologist, Dr. Park, it seems like it would be okay for him to attend pre-school through the end of May.  At that point we would figure out if I need to take of the last few weeks of school, or if we have family who can come and stay with him.

More to follow on that tomorrow.

Please share this, if you have friends and family praying and invested emotionally in our story.  That means so much, so thank you.  But I'd prefer if the updates appear via my blog.  That way everyone is getting the same information.

We are all emotionally spent from these last few days....especially today.  But as I said before, we are confident that any other choice would be, in Tiernan's words, "Unasseptabole".

Stay tuned!