June 22, 2010 Appointment Delayed

NEXT APPOINTMENT: June 28, 2010 7am, Sedated Echocardiogram

Due to a scheduling error by the hospital, today's appointment was moved to June 28, 2010. This was a little disappointing as it is hard not to be a little anxious to find out what Maren's oxygen saturation levels are, and for her to have the sedated echocardiogram. This procedure will, among other things, give the doctor a picture of the size of her right ventricle (from which to guesstimate); give a measurement of her tricuspid valve; tell us if she is hypertensive (a narrowing) in her pulmonary artery; take a look at her "PDA Stent" to see if it is partially occluded; and look at her pulmonary valve to see if it is obstructed (again); and finally, in general, give some idea on how the blood is flowing through her heart. It has been since December that we had such critical data-- But of course, Maren LOOKS amazing and IS quite amazing!!