CHD Surgical Info

If you look to the right on my blog, under our pictures, you'll see a "button" that connects you to a site called "CHD Babies." Another CHD Mom set up the site as a source of infomation and hope for CHD families. It's really an excellent site. And I think the following page on surgeries is phenomenal:

http://chdbabies.blogspot.com/2009/08/surgeries.html

It describes all the different surgeries performed for various CHDs. It includes all of Drew's procedures: the balloon valvuloplasty, repair of ASD, and repair of pulmonic artery/valve. Drew's valve was actually left in tact, but just above it, in the main pulmonary artery, was sliced into and opened up with patch material. This is the part that is narrowed (stenotic) again...also, his leaflets are still thick, but function appropriately. We don't go back until May, so just pray that his heart grows appropriately between now and then and the stenosis remains mild. Mild we can live with...