Jacob's heart is functioning beautifully!
We got up early this morning, made our trek to Durham, had a yummy breakfast at Elmo's Diner. Then, made our way to the Children's Clinic at Duke. They did a weigh & measure - Jacob was 30.5 inches and just over 23 lbs (he'd just eaten A LOT!) His vitals were fine. We then made the walk over to the hospital and to the 7th floor Echo lab. First, we tried just sedating with chloral hydrate, but after 30 minutes it was obvious that wasn't going to work, so they gave him 10 mg of Benadryl and he was out 5 minutes later. The echo itself was very thorough and performed not by an echo technician, but by Dr. Trivedi, a cardiology fellow who followed Jacob from admission in August 2006, right up until his discharge 16 days later. He apparently is now on a rotation in the echo lab, so it was very nice to see a familiar face. After about 45 minutes of taking echo images, Dr. Trivedi checked with Dr. Barker, who came back in and took several more images. Then, they told us everything looked very good, and that Jacob's pulmonary arteries and coronary arteries look great, about as well as one could hope after this type procedure. Then, we were sent back to the clinic to see Dr. Delaney. After quite a bit of waiting, we finally saw Dr. Delaney, who was also very pleased with Jacob's progress and heart function. He told us we don't need to come back until Jacob is TWO! So, we made an appointment for August 12, 2008 - nearly 10 months from now! It is such a relief that his appointment went so well!
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What wonderful news! I love hearing that the heart looks so good. Way to go!
Yay, yay, yay, yay! It was such a relief for us to get that first everything looks great echo after surgery, etc. Awesome, awesome news.
When Jacob had his last appt - at age 2, so the beginning of this year, we were told that he didn't need to be in again until he was 4 - 2 whole years! We were excited, though a tad bit nervous at the same time - there is something comforting in SEEING that everything is fine :)
Thanks!!
Jacob has had 5 echo's that I can remember, since surgery! Discharge, 8 weeks old, 4 months old, 8 months old, and now 14 months old. And, they have all been good news so far! I think the 8 weeks one showed a little stenosis, but by the 4 month old one, it had resolved!
It's so comforting when you hear you don't have to go back for a while. That is wonderful news!!
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