Meeting the Surgical Team

On February 14th, I was loading my truck to take Aiden to OKC. Chris calls while I am packing last minute things and wants to stop by to say goodbye. He comes over and kisses Aiden bye and says he will see him in a week. As I am loading the last bag into the truck, it starts snowing. Oh great, just my luck. Before we leave I had to run by the tag office to pick up my PikePass and the snow was starting to stick and accumulate. It was cold and I so didn't need Aiden to get sick the day before his surgery. By the time we made it to OKC, the snow had stopped and the roads were clear. I parked between the building that houses the dr's offices and the children's hospital. I take Aiden to the cardiologist office first, where I fed him. Then we went to xray. After xrays, he had an EKG and an echo. When Dr Ward comes in to show me the xray and to talk about the echo, he mentioned the AVSD, the small right ventricle, and something called
Tetralogy of Fallot. I guess I looked at him like he had a third head because he asked if I had ever heard the term. I had heard of it, just not in relation to Aiden. He explained what it was and the surgery to correct it. After meeting with Dr Ward, Aiden and I were escorted to his room where we would wait the night out. Later that evening, Dr Pastuszko came in and introduced himself. I have a friend, Julie, and Dr Pastuszko did her daughter Sarah's heart surgery. Julie had glowing reviews about him. He said that Aiden's surgery would be a simple 3 hour procedure and Aiden should go home in a week. Transport would come get Aiden at 7:3o the following morning and Aiden should be in PICU by noon.