Peter's Tests

Peter's tests couldn't have gone any better today. He fell asleep on the way to the hospital (probably because his blood sugar dropped from not having anything to eat). Of course, he screamed through the chest X-ray, but he got over that pretty quickly. The real reason today went well though, is because they were able to get going with the sedation immediately following the chest X-ray. When we had these same series of tests done six months ago, there was a 2-hour delay. In recovery, Peter woke up well and drank some milk right away. Since then, he's drank A LOT more milk, had a snack, and even ate a full supper (for him). He's a little grumpy and VERY tired, so he'll be in the bed soon.

Peter's primary cardiologist was able to do the echo today and he called a little while ago with the results. Basically, things look about the same as they did six months ago (which is good news). The artery is still on the small side, but no significant narrowing. The pressures in Peter's heart are good and the flow is about 57-43 (60-40 last time) - this is still normal. I did ask the Dr. if we can put this more behind us the further away we get from surgery and he said no. He said we won't be able to stop monitoring that artery until Peter is fully grown.

We are so glad this day is over! Thank you all for the prayers. It was difficult for us to be back down there at this time of year - brought back a lot of memories.........