Eli's Heart

The latest EKG confirmed earlier suspicions: Eli has a heart defect. In fact, it's the same heart defect Adrienne had when she was a baby: Total Anomalus Pulmonary Venus Return. Basically it means that the oxygenated blood coming from his lungs isn't getting to the rest of his body as it normally should, which explains why his oxygen levels keep deteriorating.

Ultimately the only solution to permanently fix it is surgery. This will probably happen either late tonight or tomorrow morning. He is stable now, so they have decided to intubate (put a breathing tube in) and control his airway in preparation for surgery but also this will allow them to give him medicine that may otherwise disrupt or stop his breathing if he wasn't intubated.

They have done numerous other tests and scans to make sure that there is nothing else wrong with him and everything has come back clean, so hopefully this is the only thing we have to worry about at this point.

We know that God has a plan for little Elijah and trust that everything is in His hands, so we are trying not to worry or fear about the "what-ifs". We ask for your continued prayers for the pre-and post-op procedures, the surgery itself, strength for Eli, knowledge and guidance for the doctors, encouragement and hope for Adrienne and I, and patience for Caleb because he has no idea what's going on.

Thank you all!