Sunday

6:39pm: Surgery went well. Mario is fine. Phoebe will send more info later tonight.......

2:13PM: They called me at 2pm to tell me that they are going to proceed with the Kasai procedure. It is disappointing that he has Biliary Atresia, but at least we now KNOW what the problem is. The nurse assured me that Mario is doing well and we liked the surgeon and team when we met them to discuss the procedure(s) so he is in good hands. This part will take 4 hours or so - will try to update everyone later tonight. our love, phoebe

Sunday 11:30AM They are coming for us. Send good vibes. We'll update you when we can.

Sunday 9:06AM - we have been delayed again due to another child here in the hospital who became unstable this morning needing surgery. We knew these delays could occur over the weekend, but asked the team to try to squeeze us in anyway, so I hope everyone understands this was at our request - otherwise we would have been scheduled for Monday.

This team here at Children's is awesome so don't let the delays impact your impression of them. We hope to be going later this morning if all goes well. Mario is doing well. He remains calm although hungry as long as he gets his mama's terrible singing and humming :) He likes it!

Sunday ~5:46am
getting ready to return to the hospital. Eva slept at home with me last night...she is doing okay. Handling all this very well. I wanted to be sure to tell everyone that Mario is doing very well with all this. He has been a trooper. He flirts with the nurses and smiles at everyone...resilient. Send lots of love today...Phoebe