Thursday, October 9, 2008

After the Cath....

Dr Johnston came in and said that Joshua tolerated everything very well. There didn't appear to be any more fluid in his chest cavity so they didn't do anything with his drain. (It got pulled just about out the other morning. :( Bad, bad, bad.) He ballooned his left SVC where it was sewn in and expanded one of his aortic stints while he was in there. The bad news is his tricuspid valve. The pressure in his heart and SVC's is very high. Dr Johnston said more blood is flowing backwards than forwards. They will have to talk about him in conference possibly tomorrow but probably Monday to see what they think they can do. *sigh* I don't know for sure but my guess is that they will get him listed for transplant sooner rather than later. Please continue to pray Joshua and his healing.
Blessings,
Leah

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