COOPER IS IN RECOVERY.....

The procedure is complete and Coop is doing great. We just got out of consult with Dr. Kaine. Nothing has really changed other than Coop has grown and so has his vessels and heart. What they know they will do with his next open heart surgery is repair his very large VSD which is the hole in between the right and left ventricle. They will also place a stint in the left vessel that supplies blood to the left lung. This vessel is very restricted and is restricted in a large area. They will also be p;performing angioplasty on the right vessel that supplies blood to the left lung. This vessel is restricted by scar tissue but in a very confined area. This area was actually fine until they placed the BT Shunt in the left vessel right after he was born. In order to put the BT Shunt in the had to enter through the right vessels to get to the left and it is here where it is now restricted by the scar tissue. What Dr. Kaine has to decide with our surgeon, Dr. O'Brien, and the remainder of the team is what they are going to do with valve issue in the right ventricle. The right ventricle is very enlarged and they cannot let that go on forever. In order to help this they need to place a valve in the right ventricle that Coop is missing. What they have to decide is whether the benefits out way the risks to doing the valve surgery. He will have to have it at some point they are quite sure and Dr. Kaine would like to see it there sooner rather than later but there are great risks to this. Likewise there are great risks to not doing it as well and Dr. Kaine thinks we will have difficulty with recovery just as we did last time but maybe not as severe if they do not do the valve. Anyway, they will all get together and decide what is next for Coop. They consult on Fridays so we will not hear from them until next Friday afternoon. Hopefully we will be back with Cooper in the next hour or so. They have arranged for us to meet with Moe, the occupational therapist about Coop's eating issues. Dr. Kaine did not feel Coop needs a GI consult. We will see where this leads. OOOOO....they just called us on our way to see coop!