Showing posts with label heart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Fontan Time?

So I woke up with a stomach ache this morning...could it be the scheduled echo Angelina has tomorrow? Normally, this doesn't raise alarm in me, not to this degree anyhow. We have been lucky that Angelina's heart has done well. But you see Angelina is 18 months old now. At our hospital the Fontan procedure is done between 18-24 months of age. More than likely her heart cath will be scheduled after we see her cardiologist tomorrow. As long as her pressures are good, then the next step is scheduling her surgery! I keep saying I'd rather have it done before we get into RSV season....but that's so soon.
It's been a year since her last surgery. While she is still not really verbal, she can definitely sign or express what she does and doesn't want. I can just see her shaking her hands at me telling me "all done!"
This is the look we got a year ago on her second day post-op. I can only imagine what she'll do this time.
So here we go, one more heart surgery. At least this is suppose to be her last.