Taken Little S to hospital again today for a cardiac catheterisation, hopefully she'll be in and out in a day.
It's similar to the procedure she had done back in the summer - they squirt some dye into her (newly reconfigured) arteries and then use that to track the blood flowing between her heart and lungs and check that her operation had the desired effect.
However this time they may also need to take the opportunity to stretch one or both of her pulmonary arteries using a (very) little balloon inserted into her blood vessels - to increase the blood flow to her lungs.
So, I guess a bit riskier than last time.
It's weird to be back at GOSH - new year, new procedure - we can no longer stay in the holiday oblivion we managed over Xmas time, pretending all was well.
Little S wasn't exactly best pleased to be back either - prodded and measured with stethoscope, scales and sat-meter (measures oxygenation levels in blood - 'saturation').
Currently we're in Starbucks, waiting, listening to cool, calming music - then soon back to GOSH to see our baby ...
... please be well.
It's similar to the procedure she had done back in the summer - they squirt some dye into her (newly reconfigured) arteries and then use that to track the blood flowing between her heart and lungs and check that her operation had the desired effect.
However this time they may also need to take the opportunity to stretch one or both of her pulmonary arteries using a (very) little balloon inserted into her blood vessels - to increase the blood flow to her lungs.
So, I guess a bit riskier than last time.
It's weird to be back at GOSH - new year, new procedure - we can no longer stay in the holiday oblivion we managed over Xmas time, pretending all was well.
Little S wasn't exactly best pleased to be back either - prodded and measured with stethoscope, scales and sat-meter (measures oxygenation levels in blood - 'saturation').
Currently we're in Starbucks, waiting, listening to cool, calming music - then soon back to GOSH to see our baby ...
... please be well.
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