Call from the Cardiologist...

Gracelyn's cardiologist called this afternoon to explain what we will be doing on Tuesday. She said that the doctors that will be doing the cath are going to try and open her shunt some with hopes of getting more oxygen. The procedure that she will be having is what they did to her when she was three days old. They will be going through her leg up to her heart. They hope that this procedure will buy her a little more time before she has her next surgery. Even if it doesn't work it won't have been done in vain. An echo doesn't provide the imaging of her heart that they need to see before her next surgery. She would have had to of had a cath either way. If the procedure works and gives her a few more months to grow this cath will give them the information they need and won't need to do a cath again before her Glen surgery. We were happy to learn this information. Jeff and I were both worried about having the procedure, knowing the risks involved, and having it done in vain.