All smiles this morning!!!
So we've been to the Cardiologist this morning and Reese is going to be A-OK!!! She has an ASD, which is Atrial Septal Defect. Basically, a hole in her heart that is causing too much blood supply to flow to the lungs. Dr. R said she was born with it, why it's just now showing up, we don't know. It's apparently more common than not, we've just caught it earlier than usual -- most kids are diagnosed at age 5 or 6. We did an EKG and an ECHO of the heart and Reese did beautifully. She sat so perfectly still and cooperated to the fullest extent. The nurses gave her plenty of goodies, including suckers, which are her favorite!! Reese weighed in at 23lbs this morning, which puts her too small to do any type of surgery now. Dr. R said we will re-check her in 6months and maybe schedule the surgery then. He is hoping to do it when she is 3 years old, which will allow for a bigger Reese, which in turn is a bigger heart, bigger veins/arteries, etc....Right now Reese's heart is working twice as hard as it's supposed to, but Dr. R assured us it will not harm her in the long run to wait and do the surgery next year. We are supposed to watch for any changes, but otherwise, she is still to be treated like any normal, healthy child. Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers.....please continue to pray for my sweet girl! Although Dr. R said there is little to no chance this will "fix itself", we still believe in Divine intervention and will continue to pray for her healing!!!
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