Just a quick reminder that we spent Monday afternoon having echos done on both Marcus and Macey. Macey was first. The tech. spent half and hour going over and over her heart. She used different cameras and caught the heart from all different angles. It seemed to be thorough. I have been praying especially for her hoping they didn't find anything. They just kept looking, I guess to make sure. With Marcus they spent only about 10 minutes with him. He was quick and easy. Now we know why. They found a small hole in his heart immediately. It is called a PDA. It is a hole that should have closed within hours of birth but didn't. This is not uncommon to children with Down syndrome. We were referred to a cardiologist at Children's Hospital. We will go for a EKG and have him listen to Marcus on Thursday the 21st. We pray it is not anything that can't be managed with medication. Because of these results we will have to wait on his eye surgery, ear tubes and circumcision. He can not be under anaesthesia until we have a clear echo from his cardiologist. We want to be safe and take care of the heart first. Please pray for a great report.
Blessings,
Meghan
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Hey there :) Just thought I'd throw in a little info for you- hopefully you'll see the cardiologist soon and get a good clear pictures from them, but the PDA is a VERY small hole that's often just 'watched' and not even closed. Occasionally they'll close it in the cath lab which is an outpatient procedure (normally) and very simple to do.
Praying for you all and thanks for all the updates!
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