Whew!!!!!

What a day!!! Today was Cooper's heart surgery. I have never been so nervous in my whole life! I held it together pretty good until the doctors came to pick him up to take him to the OR (I cried like a baby!!!). Our pastor Erik Reed, friend Tiffany Chevurant (sp?), my father in law, Kevin and I and about 5 doctors and nurses were crowded in the room while they were unplugging him to take him to surgery. It was a little crowded! Pastor Erik prayed with the room and over Cooper and I felt a little better. I know they do these surgeries all the time, but this is the first time on MY baby!!

We got to ride in the elevator with the doctors to the OR and say goodbye at the door. Then we met our family and friends in the waiting room. We started waiting at 11:00 and by 11:45 the surgeon came in the waiting room to say the surgery went just as planned! They didn't have to do a chest tube and there was no blood loss. He said the vessel was quite large so we should see a big change! Pastor Erik prayed with us again and we all praised God for the great news!!

We had to wait an hour for them to get Cooper settled in his room. They called and we went running to the room. He looked SO GOOD! He was still asleep but we talked to him and felt so much better. We spent the rest of the day watching his stats and praising God! He did have a brief time where his heart rate was high. She took this as a sign that he was in pain. They upped his meds some and suctioned him and he went right back down. We decided to leave around 7:30 pm to get some much needed rest!! We slept at home last night, but neither of us got much sleep from thinking about the day ahead! So we are exhausted and excited!! God is SO GOOD!!

Thank you all for your prayers!! To God be all the glory!! We love you all!!