No changes

Matthew was a champ!

The cardiologist said there has been no narrowing ... and the leak is the same as before.

That is fantastic news! We'll go back for another ECHO in six months.

He said when Matthew goes in for surgery, it will be because of the leak and not the narrowing. He mentioned that conduits can get some kind of sludge build up.

They rate the leak 1 to 10, and his leak is still a 3.

Doctor said that he'll need a conduit change once it is between 8 and 10; he said to plan on surgery in about 2 years. We'd been told at Stanford, that on average, these little guys need a conduit change every three years. So, that would be about right. Now, the whiny mother part of me wishes that he was just fixed and we didn't need more surgeries ever again.

We hope medical technology will advance quickly, so that he won't need to go in (approximately) every 3 years .... maybe they will come up with some new kind of tissue or a bovine or pig valve that will last longer.

Thank you so much for your prayers ... we very much appreciate it!! They worked! :-)

(((Hugs))) to you all.

Oh yeah, we tried to go celebrate at IHOP afterwards, but Matthew pitched a HUGE fit as we were sitting down. We got up and left the building. He screamed all the way home!
We didn't know what the heck was going on.

He's been a perfect angel since we walked in the door.

Slideshow below of Matthew getting his EKG and ECHO at Dr. Gary Mayman's office.