Update #5

I just met with the surgeon, who wanted to let us know that this heart already seems to be a great fit for Bodie! hemodynamically, things look really good. There are a lot of unknowns in terms of rejection and how his body will ultimately adjust (the next few weeks will be very critical in that regard), bur for now, the surgeon said if was giving grades, he'd give this heart an A! 

Bodie is still doing really well. They are just working on controlling the bleeding, which apparently wasn't too bad considering he came in so anticoagulated. 

Once that's done, then they'll remove his pacemaker (it's in his abdomen) since HE WON'T NEED THAT ANYMORE! And then they'll get him all closed up and he should be back in the ICU in a couple of hours. 

We are speechless with the speed at which God orchestrated all of this! And currently very, very tired (I think I slept maybe a total of 2 hours last night). But so, so grateful. 

Please continue to pray as they finish the surgical process and we move into the tumultuous post operative period!