8 Week Post Operation Appointment

Today we went to Primary Children's Medical Center for Gracelyn's eight week post operation appointment. Her Cardiologist was very pleased with how she is doing. The first thing she told us was that besides a "little scar" you would never know anything was wrong with her and that she looks so healthy. (If I had a dime for every time I heard that!) They did an EKG and chest x-rays and everything looked great. The doctor looked at her and listened to her heart and said "she looks great, see you in 4-6 weeks". Since she is approaching her three month old mark and the BT shunt only last 3-6 months at our altitude, we will be going back in for visits more often. The doctor felt that since she was doing so well and since her O2 sats are so high she won't be needing the surgery for awhile. YEAH! We also learned a few other things that gave us a lot of hope. The doctor told us that there have been RARE occasions that the second surgery (the Glen) hasn't been necessary because things had improved so much, but she felt sure that with everything else Gracelyn had going on with her heart she would require it. She also told us that even once the Glen had been done it could be reversed and the heart could become a two ventricle heart, whereas with the Glen she would be a 1 1/2. If she went on to require the third surgery (the Fontan) she would be known as having a single ventricle heart. This new information has given us a lot of hope! We left feeling really good about Gracelyn's future. Thank you for all the continued prayers!