Surgery- completed

6:04 pm
Jackson's surgery is finished at 9 hrs, 14 minutes. The surgeon came in and said a lot of things we could barely understand, but started with, "Jackson's doing well". Praise God. His surgery ended up being more complex than was expected. He had two holes in his heart (which they were aware of prior to surgery), but when the surgeon looked for the second hole (after correcting the first) he wasn't able to find it. He assumed this meant it was too small--which would lead to the conclusion it did not need to be addressed. After correctly attaching his arteries (which were also more complex than expected), Jackson was removed from bypass and his heart was working, but the echocardiogram showed a problem. Immediately the hole was not only recognizable but had increased in size (presumably from the new pressure). Jackson was placed back onto the bypass machine for a second time and surgery began again. With great difficulty the surgeon finally located the hole--directly under his tricuspid valve. He was able to repair this as well. Jackson is now off the bypass and moving back to CICU. He is still in a critical time period and we continue to appreciate and plead for your prayers. The surgery was successful and this is a tremendous answer to so many, many prayers. Thank you, and again, praise God!