Hold the presses - we may have to move up Audra's surgery date. There is no reason to be alarmed but Audra's oxygen saturation levels are trending lower, so our cardiologist did an echo on her. She was supposed to be able to get away without one today. But alas we needed to take a look inside. Since she is a big baby, as noted in our post yesterday, she is outgrowing her shunt that was put in during her first surgery. This happens eventually to all HLHS babies, some sooner than others.
Based on her numbers and her echo, our cardiologist doesn't think that our surgery date will stay August 8. She estimated that we may have surgery in 2-4 weeks but it all depends on our surgeon, Dr. Bove. We will have an extra appointment with our home care nurse tomorrow and then we will talk with our cardiologist on Friday once she has spoken to Dr. Bove.
So we should know on Friday if we are going to move the surgery and when we might move it to. This is obviously a big change, so we will see what happens. Never a dull moment around here :)
Oh boy! Same thing happened with Aly- once her cardiologist decided it was time, we were in the OR three weeks later. And honestly, it was so much better to come quicker than anticipating it for what feels like forever. Keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers! Audra is a rockstar- she'll do great! ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteWow, I can't believe it! I haven't even thought about scheduling yet! That is great that she is big enough already! She will rock the Hemi too!
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