Millie had her last swim class today. She really loves the
water. I asked for and received copies of the reports that Millie's
cardiologist sends over to her pediatrician. One of the reports
mentioned that Millie has a patent foramen ovale. That was news
to me! The report was from when Millie was 1.5 months old, maybe
her foramen ovale has closed by now. I will ask about this the
next time we visit Millie's Cardiologist.
August 14th 1997
We got wonderful news from Millie's echo today! Both of Millie's VSD's
are closing. Her largest one was 7mm and is now only 1.5mm! Her
smallest VSD is "tiny" now. This means the surgeon will not have to
repair them!!!! The whole family is so excited for Millie. She will still
need to have her PA band removed but our PC is hopeful the she will
not need a mid line incision. Her blood pressure is also down and she
has no re-coarc-
tation of the aorta. She has been taken off all her diuretics
and only needs to take .7 of digitalis twice a day. Her cardiologist
will call us next week to give
us Millie's surgery date. He is anxious to get her band removed
before it does any more damage to her pulmonary artery.
August 25th 1997
Millie's Cardiologist called today. He told us that Millie's
VSD's are not as small as they thought and they have put surgery off for
another six months and they will have to
split her sternum. We also found out that Millie's Bicuspid
Aortic Valve is stenotic. She may need the Ross surgery someday. I don't like this roller coaster ride
we are on!
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