First Update

Surgery was officially underway at 12:05 Indy time. The ECMO director just came in and told us the liver is down and Dr. Rouse is beginning repair of the diaphragm. There is diaphragm on both sides (which he was fairly certain of) and the big news is there is diaphragm posteriorly, which he was not sure of. No bleeding problems so far. We have a ways to go yet, but this is the best case scenario we could get.

On another note, there was a mass held in the chapel at 12:15, which Josh's family attended. They just returned from that and said the mass talked mostly about when the angel Gabriel visited Mary. We took that as a hopeful sign. Before the mass, Josh and I went to the chapel to pray and to write in the prayer book. Josh opened the bible to a "random" page and we read. The verse we turned to in John spoke of Christ's second miracle, when Christ said to a father that his son would be healed, and he was. Also, just before we left Gabriel's bedside, they repeated a blood gas and his level was up around 270 (remember, they have been saying they would be happy with 200). His blood pressure was excellent all night and all morning, indicating that he got a good night of rest for today.

We added two more pictures, of Justin and Kendrick holding hands with Gabriel.