Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Doctor visit

A little over a week out and we saw the doc today. Her heart murmur is gone! Other than her strighter, she is doing well. We need to get her heart function improving, but they said that can take weeks or even months. They are hoping with the right combination of meds, that it will start to repair the heart. Now that we are on this side of the surgery, I am glad that they fixed it when they did. Dr. Everett was right on because she was at her peak. Her legs were starting to marble again, the vomiting was getting worse and she was breathing faster than she had been. Plus, they were able to get the aneurysm out at the same time. (It was next to the coarch, and was caused by the catheterization during the first procedure.) I am so glad to get that off my shoulder. We see the cardiologist next week. I'm hoping for an increase, even though they said it won't happen.

4 comments:

  1. I can not believe all you have been through. I am glad that the surgery is over and hope for quick recovery for you all. It is great to have this blog to keep us up to date.

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  2. No murmur! Thats awesome! I am so glad that everything went well. We will pray super hard for better function. It CAN happen! Lots of love! Hilary Cook

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  3. I am so happy for all of you! Way to go Ellie (and surgeons.)

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  4. YAY!! Can't wait for the doc appt on Wednesday! I hope everything goes great and you guys will get to come home!!! Tell Nate I'm sorry he felt he had to leave the other night when we had our visitor. I didn't know when he was stopping by but we wanted to feed Nate sometime. :) Call me Wed!!

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