Explaining surgery

I have had a few people ask me exactly what they will do to baby Eli during his first surgery. At first, I could only say a brief description but the more people stated to ask, the more I started to research. Here is the best description I could find. 

The staged reconstruction for HL HS requires three operations. The first is the Norwood procedure, Usually performed in the first week or two of life. In the Norwood procedure the pulmonary artery is sewn to the aorta. This allows the only good ventricle, the right ventricle, to pump blood to the body Rather than the lungs as it normally does. In order to get some blood to the lungs a small tube of Gore tex is sewn From the innominate artery to the pulmonary artery. This a major and very complex surgery, With the babies often spending several weeks in the pediatric intensive care unit after the surgery. When the child leaves the hospital he or she will be mildly blue or cyanotic.