Heart update

Last week Miya, my Dad, and I ventured over to the Children’s Hospital to see her cardiac pediatric specialist. After a 2 ½ hour appointment (complete with an echo cardiogram and ultrasound), the Dr. confirmed what I already knew…her PDA is still open.

The good news – the opening is small enough that it will not require major heart surgery, the procedure will be done via an incision in her groin, laparoscopic (sp?). Yay!!

The bad news - the PDA is large enough that it probably won’t close on its own, which means I am waiting for the Dr. to call me back and we will schedule the procedure sooner rather than later. I had originally thought that they would wait until she was 2 to close it, but since it’s big enough that it probably won’t close on its own...surgery, here we come!

On another somewhat disturbing note…when we were at the appointment, the doctor mentioned right away that Miya was the tenth patient they had seen this month from China and in all but one case the diagnoses made in China and thus reflected on the referral paperwork was incorrect and the child’s medical problems were far worse than stated on the referral paperwork. What the…!!!!

Thankfully, Miya’s paperwork was correct and he was pleased to see that she has a PDA with an easy fix! Well, maybe he thinks it's an easy fix...but quite frankly the idea of any heart procedure scares the crap outta me!

I'll be glad when it's all over and she is all fixed up and good to go!