Sedated Echo

Today Kaylee had her echocardiogram under sedation. It was a long day but all went well. We arrived at Driscoll Children's Hospital at 5:30 am. Kay played in the day surgery waiting room until we were called into registration. I must give props to Driscoll because they have so many different toys for all different ages to keep the kiddos occupied while waiting. Once we were called into registration we got our wristbands and filled out paperwork. From there we were put in our room. There they took Kay's vitals and tried to keep her happy. Shortly after someone came to take us to the holding room. In the holding room they gave Kay some loopy medicine to get her to relax. Once she was loopified Kay was a happy camper. She was happy, giggly, and mumbling strange things that didn't make sense. As soon as she was loopy enough they took her to the back to do the procedure. The procedure took no time at all. Once she woke up they called me to the back and she was pretty groggy and grumpy. The cardiologist came in and told me that her AV canal repair still looked perfect although the sub-aortic stenosis that they repaired over a year ago had grown to 50-60% blockage. Overall her heart function was good and her heart is dealing with the sub-aortic stenosis well. He let me know that they wanted to put off having her surgery as much as possible. Kay's dr and the other cardiologists will be discussing her case tomorrow and I should hear back from him soon! I've come to terms that there will be another surgery in the future so the next thing on our agenda is to get past this and do what we have to do to make this her last open heart surgery. Kaylee also has a follow up on May 7th so expect more updates :)

-Kaylee's Mommy