May 31, 2013
I always dreaded the day I would have to hand my little man over again for people to poke and prod him. My biggest fear of all was them figuring out what his heart now looks like to start planning surgery #2. Wade and I got to go into the OR with him this time. They tried distracting him with the CARS movie but he knew better and before we knew it he was running down the hallway to get the heck out of there. We got to stay while they put him under..I just wanted to break down and cry but I knew I had to be strong for Brody's sake. I am of no use to him if I am a mess.
Also thanks to the help of Marie, our pediatric nurse in Saskatoon, we arranged to get tubes put in Brody's ears at the same time as he just kept getting ear infections. Glad we did as Dr. Shoman said he did have fluid build up in his ears. He is doing well with them and his speak has picked up alot since we did it.
So what are the results of the heart cath you ask.......
He looks fabulous. When he was under his stats went up to 99% and they were wondering why he was on the table. His left ventricle grew to the same size of his right ventricle and all his other organs look like a normal kid. So what does this mean??? They have three different options for repair... the Fontan, which is the easiest surgery, bi ventrical repair (where they can repair his heart to which it would become a 4 ventricle heart (almost normal) and a third surgery I can't remember the name of.... They are going to take his case to the Western Canadian Heart Board to discuss so they pick the right surgery as they are not in a big rush. This is good news as they will make the right choice for Brody for what will give him the best quality of life.
The only thing that still sucks is the waiting game. We still do not know when we are headed in for surgery but we are anticipating sometime in the fall time frame (hopefully well before Christmas). Stay tuned!!!
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