'Twas the night before surgery

Tomorrow is the big day.  Jacob is going in for the Glenn Procedure to move the superior vena cava and the aorta.  The procedure will also include the removal of the atrial septum.  This will be his most extensive and most risky surgery to date.  The operation is scheduled for 1100AM and should last 4-6 hours.  It is going to be a long, long wait for his mother and I.  On the positive side, he will be stronger and his heart will be less strained.  His lungs will also be less likely to be affected from his heart due to the fact that the lungs will be supplied with blood from the body and not directly from the heart.  This is considered a low pressure flow and is less damaging to the lungs.  I am not looking forward to seeing him in recovery.  When he was an infant, he looked like hell afterward.  Now he is more aware than as a newborn.  I just hate to see the little guy in pain.  He's a screamer like his sister and I think he is going to give the staff a hard time.  I don't think I am going to get a lot of sleep tonight...