We have gone through the majority of the pre-op steps today (xrays, bloodwork, etc) and are on the schedule for first thing on Thursday morning. Audrey will start the anesthesia right around 7:30 am and they estimate the entire procedure to take right around 3 hours. Following that Audrey will be taken back to the CICU once again for the next couple of days for close monitoring.
During my discussions with the multiple doctors today about tomorrow's details I found myself somewhat last-minute questioning whether its definitely the right decision or not, but deep-down we both know that she needs the protection and we have consulted with many other doctors who agree with the recommendation.
We had a long phone meeting last night with Dr. Ackerman at the Mayo Clinic who is THE Long QT doctor in the US and his clinic has by far performed the most of the denervation procedures. That ball is now rolling and planning a trip up to Minnesota for that consultation will be our next steps once Audrey has fully recovered from the ICD procedure.
I will post some updates tomorrow with the status of Audrey's surgery.
Thank you to everyone for the generous amount of thoughts, offers of support, meals, presents, and prayers. We appreciate it all very much.
- Mark
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