We had an interesting and encouraging conversation with the surgeon. They are going to perform surgery tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and they have decided not to go with the Norwood surgery. They said Natalie’s heart is in too well developed to shut down the left side completely. Instead, they will be performing a hybrid surgery that will allow her left side to remain functional. The recovery time will be much less, and we could possibly be home next week sometime.

They will continue to monitor Natalie in Bismarck, and she will be getting an echo done every 10 days in order to make sure that the heart is functioning properly. If all goes well, the left side will develop, and her heart will be very similar to a normal heart sometime down the road. We are very thankful.