As of 10:15 a.m., the surgeons had gotten past all of the scar tissue, had administered Heparin, and were getting ready to connect Charlotte to the heart & lung machine. Once that is successfully done, they'll get working on the two repairs.
She'll receive a porcine (pig) valve and a Dacron conduit as there is no homograft valve-conduit available today in the correct size. The "parts" they put in are bigger than she needs today so that she can grow into them and hopefully give the repair longevity. We've been told that the material of the conduit/valve will not effect its longevity. It's more a matter of how her body reacts with the pieces.
We expect another update around noon.
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