Cath is underway. More waiting...

8:20 a.m.
Ted and I just left Coley's bedside after giving him some sedative and watching him fall asleep. He fought sleep with everything he's got, but he does that at home, too, so no surprise there. Finally, though, he was resting peacefully when they wheeled him out. They said that the sedative worked really well, and that they probably won't need to give him general anesthesia, and maybe not even more sedative, since it was working so well. That's a relief.

What they're doing today is a cardiac catheterization. This will give the doctors an accurate picture of the anatomy of the heart and surrounding vessels, and allow them to take measurements of pressure and flow. This will inform the doctors performing the Glenn procedure on Monday; they can be as quick and precise as possible. 'Get in and get out,' that's the mantra these days.

8:45 a.m.
Our cardiologist just stopped by to say that everything looks like it's going well in the cath lab. We'll get updates every hour from the nurse in there. When we left, he said that he'd call in an hour and hopefully tell us that they're wrapping up. Everyone seems to think that it won't take as long as first anticipated (which was 3-5 hours), but only about 2 hours. We'll see... I'm not holding my breath.

By the way, Coley was a super champ this morning. He couldn't eat anything after 3, and we anticipated having a cranky bear on our hands. He was absoultely chipper! He did wake up at 4:30 wanting a snack and was upset when he couldn't have anything, but he went back to sleep and woke up happy at 6:30. He was talking away in the car and to the nurses. As cute as can be! We're so grateful that Ted's mom, 'Nana,' came down and got to see him before they brought him in.

Ok, we'll update when we hear something!