Being at Primary Children's on Sunday is a treat, if you call being in a hospital ever a treat. We love being able to go to the Church Services that they offer. It is a very spirtual meeting. Sunday is also a very calm, slow day, so it's nice to not have all of the "hustle and bustle." Other than doing that, we have just been hanging out with Kate. Today we found out some news that is a little troublesome. Kate's Pulmanary Value has a little leak around it. This was the valve they needed to increase the size of her artery around because of Pulmanary Stenosis, or narrowing of the pulmanary artery. They are trying to evaluate the leak by increasing the oxygen flow to her lungs to decrease the pressure on the valve, as well as a couple other medicines to increase heart function.
Other than that, Kate seems to be slowly getting less swollen and showing signs that her heart is healing from the incision. Her profusion (or blood flow) to her extremities is much better. We can actually feel a pulse in her legs. Her chest has not been sew shut yet. Now, for the sake of some confusion that we have heard from others, Kate's chest is not actually exposed. She has a piece of material sewn to her skin and acts like a barrier. The opening is about 1 1/2 inches and is shaped like a flatened football. Over this she has a betadine patch that acts as a protective barrier to bacteria. They also dress this up with gaze and at dressing that looks like a corset so we don't have to look at it all the time. Seeing it though, is pretty amazing. Her heart beat can actaully be seen through the material very easily.
Thank you again to everyone who is praying for Kate. We really know the support and prayers are working.
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