Need your Prayers and Good Vibrations for my 4 year old daughter, going through Major Heart Surgery Right Now (Updated)

They just woke us up. Updated the main page.

Filicia's blood pressure has dropped and the Surgeon's are opening her up as I type this to try and fix the problem.

Need more prayers

Oh lord please see us through this.
Please let her be healed and whole.

They just woke us up. Updated the main page.

Filicia's blood pressure has dropped and the Surgeon's are opening her up as I type this to try and fix the problem.

Need more prayers

Oh lord please see us through this.
Please let her be healed and whole.

They just woke us up. Updated the main page.

Filicia's blood pressure has dropped and the Surgeon's are opening her up as I type this to try and fix the problem.

Need more prayers

Oh lord please see us through this.
Please let her be healed and whole.

Just did another update.

Looks like she's past the worse part of this. Her vitals and labs are improving. And they expect her to wake up tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks everyone for the prayers and good vibes during this roller coaster ride.

Hi my GLP Family.

I am asking for your prayers and good thoughts and vibrations for my 4 year old daughter Filicia who is going through a major heart surgery as I type this.

Please help in prayer for her and her surgical team for a positive outcome.

Love to all of you.



Update 1:
She has been in surgery for about 1.5 hours. Just got a update from the surgical nurse that although she has a small fever (100.5), they are going to cool her down and proceed. Thank you for all the prayers.

Update 2:
She has been in now for 2.5 hours. They are now opening the chest. This is taking time due to scar tissue from previous surgical attempt to fix the problem. Vitals all good.

Update 3:
Ok. They have gotten past the scar tissue and are at the heart. They are now placing a Doppler camera. Next they will attempt to repair a device that was placed yesterday during a catherization procedure that moved unexpectedly out of place. They will attempt to secure it. If this fails they will attempt a preplanded Plan 'B' fix.
Thanks for all the prayers as we begin the more critical stages of the procedure.


Update 4:
Surgical Nurse just called again. The team is still attempting the plan A fix which is to secure the device that was placed yesterday. I sure hope they can do this. We are 7 hours in so far.

Update 5:
Ok. Deep breath. Nurse just called. All attempts to get the device (plug) to work from outside the heart have failed. They have now put Filicia on bypass and have stopped the heart. They are now trying to solve the problem with the device from inside the heart. This is getting scary. Her stats/vitals are still good.


Update 6:
Sigh of relief. They have solved the device/patch problem and have restarted the heart. So glad to hear that. Whew.. They are now working on some pacemaker issues they discovered, but they hope to be finishing up in the next few hours.
Thanks again to all the GLP'rs who sent their prayers and good vibes.

Update 7:
Surgical Nurse just called. They have added another surgeon and are still tackling the pacemaker issue. They are also seeing some leakage in the device/patch and are discussing options. Filicia is still on bypass. Nurse says She is strong and vitals are good.

Update 8:
So they are finishing up. They got the pacemaker issues all fixed. Sadly they were not able to fix the hole/patch completely. There is still a leak, but they feel its manageable for now. Filicia will be getting off bypass shortly and then will need to remain in surgery for 3 or so hours to monitor bleeding and what not. The surgeon is supposed to explain the details to us in an hour or so.
More to come.

Update 9:
Last Update for tonight.
Just talked to the Surgeon. They got her all fixed up. They replaced the pacemaker, fixed the hole/patch and repaired a valve. Surgeon says she will not need any more Surgery. Years from now we may need to replace pacemaker battery or she will grow out of the need for it.

All of you at GLP helped guide the hands of the Dr's and your prayers were answered.
I am just so grateful to all of you, the wonderful staff here at Vanderbilt Children's, and the Lord himself for the blessings we received today and to be a first-hand witness to a miracle.

Love to all of you.



Update 10
They just woke us up 3:07am central. Filicia is having blood pressure problems. The Chief Surgeon is going to open her chest again to try and fix the problem.
Please pray again for her. Wife and I are hurting, scared, but holding on.

Update 11
The Surgeon's got her opened and used suction to remove fluids that had built up around the heart causing low blood pressure. They placed a tube there and closed her back up.
They say she is improving now and she might be waking up some time tonight or tomorrow.

Just did another update.

Looks like she's past the worse part of this. Her vitals and labs are improving. And they expect her to wake up tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks everyone for the prayers and good vibes during this roller coaster ride.

She is looking much better now. Her labs are showing improvement and they are telling us she is doing really well.

Your prayers and kind thoughts are really helping.

Thank you Lord for seeing us through this and leading us to GLP.