It took FOREVER for the docs to come talk to us after Ellie's heart cath & bronchoscopy today. She went in at 8:30am and we didn't hear anything back until after noon. But the news was worth the wait! They need Ellie's pulmonary vascular resistance to be less than 3.0 for her to be eligible for the surgery she needs to make her a single ventricle repair. On December 3rd, that resistance was almost 8.0 (dangerously high)... so high they weren't sure if she'd ever be eligible for surgery. The trach and PA band surgeries were done to ease the pressure on Ellie's lungs in hopes of decreasing this resistance. Ellie responded beautifully to both surgeries and managed to bring that resistance down to 4.1... just two weeks after her banding surgery. This is unbelievable!!
We'll have another cath done in two months to see if she's eligible for surgery yet, and with these results, we're filled with hope! Not only does our little bug ACT like she feels better, she's actually getting better every day. Praise God!! I'll post again soon - posting from my phone is tedious. Thank you for all of your thoughts & prayers today. CELEBRATIONS!!
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