June 6th PM

Today was a big day for Olivia and us, Olivia had her first surgery. She did well but there were a few things that came up; First, every HPLH is a little different so every part of every procedure is up for change all the time. Today we were expecting Olivia to have a Norwood "hybred" surgery but once the Doctors got in they had to change the plan, Livie's heart is very special, ( I knew that). She did have the bands put on to slow the blood flow to her lungs, therefore she is off the nitragin and her kidneys are doing better which is AWESOME News. but.....she still needs the Norwood procedure. Her doctor is great and so experienced with these little hearts that he wants more tests done befor he tackles this job so this week Olivia will have an MRI and then she will have another surgery within the next 10 days. Crystal and Justus stayed at the hospital during the whole surgery and the doctors and various assistants came out to speak to them a few times, they were very good about keeping them in the loop. Right after surgery they were able to visit her for a few minutes and she was resting well. Nana and Grandad Kessler, Papa Erik, Uncle Caleb, Auntie Kim and Baa and Papa came for the day. Ezra and Evie loved haveing so many people visit but it made for a very busy day and tonight everybody is very tired. Crystal and Justus will be able to visit again tonight then Justus will have to go home for work tomorrow but Auntie Kim and I will stay to do what ever it takes for Crystal and the kids until he comes back "home" tomorrow night. Please continue to pray for Olivia's streangth and healing, for Crystal and Justus to hold up through all of this and for all of us to be a good support system.