Cardiology Checkup - 4/27/11

This morning was Caden's semi-annual cardiology check up with Dr. Battiste in Wichita. Caden was so brave! They ran the tests they always run, and there are some changes from his previous reports.



There are two numbers they check for the pressures across the homograft. Neither of the two numbers are high enough to require surgery, or a trip to the cath lab in Kansas City, but they are higher than they have been in the past. His numbers before have always been relatively low.



She did change the dose on his medicine. Now, instead of taking liquid Captopril (10 mg) 3x per day, he will be taking 12.5 mg in a pill form 2x per day. This is good news, because now we don't have to worry about keeping his medicine refrigerated when we go on a road trip, to the zoo, or even just a holiday get together at Mom's.



We go back on October 5th for another checkup. We have always known that surgery will be required again, there is no way around that. Knowing that his homograft will eventually need to be replaced is hard, and this is the first time that his numbers have changed since we brought him home nearly 4 years ago. There is nothing we can do to change that fact, or the fear associated with it, but we are hoping to get at least another 2-3 years out of his current "part".



Thank you all for your prayers and for thinking of us today. This is not over, and in truth, it never will be. Your support means more than you will ever know. Love you guys!

Caden getting his EKG done this morning. He was so brave!!