Wrench

Well, if we hadn't already had enough wrenches along the way, we just got another one. Tonight one of the cardiovascular surgeons called us and told us they have to do a “procedure” on Caden tomorrow to remove a foreign object from him. Apparently, when they removed the line on Friday that went into his heart, a small piece of the catheter broke off and is still in his body. According to the x-ray, it is right beneath the surface of the skin and right above the insertion point where the line was. So, they have to reopen the small incision where they removed the line and dig out the object. The surgeon said that in his nine years of doing this, he has never seen this happen. And, Dr. Reddy said in his 20 years, he has never seen this. They believe it was a defect in the catheter and that a piece of it broke off or something. They don't actually know for sure until they get it out. But, it just seems like once again, our little Caden is proving that he isn't the standard patient. He is unique and wants everyone to remember him.

So, Sunday morning around 10 am, they are going to sedate him, thankfully no intubation necessary, and take the object out. The surgeon doesn't believe this will cause us any delay in our stay and as soon as the procedure is over, Caden is supposed to go right back to 3W where he currently is. He doesn't have to stay in CVICU so that is good. We are just shaking our heads over this though because what are the odds of this happening and of it happening to our baby??? Crazy things, I tell you!