Newborn

The newborn with the heart condition from Juneau, medevaced to Anchorage and then waited for a clear airport, a bed, and then a surgery in Seattle came through the procedure just fine yesterday. A small percentage of these children need a second surgery when older. Everyone speaks glowingly of Seattle Children's Hospital, we learned. The baby is bsking's nephew, and she assures us that even the snobby doctors at her famous hospital approve highly of SCH. 

Cedar Murph will be returning to Juneau soon, but not imminently. Mother is a nurse practitioner from here in NH - we have known her since before she was born.  Father is from Ketchikan and looks the part of a large, black-bearded Alaskan as much as anyone you've met. Cedar bids fair to turn out...interesting.