They have found that she has been having difficulty breathing because her heart, post surgery, has become so enlarged that it is pushing and closing her airway into her lungs. Her airway is almost 80% closed because of this. So, lack of oxygen and the stress that it causes to have her airway blocked could be causing her to go into these seizures. But, that is unknown of course. She has a few other tests scheduled this week and they might have to place a catheter up into her heart to check the function and actually look at the repair, trying to find out why her right atrium has become so enlarged. They told us that the right atrium is the size of all 3 other chambers combined. Right now, they have her on a medication to alleviate the fluid and pressure off her heart. We are hoping this will make a difference.
We are very optimistic that things will work themselves out....Kate is definitely a little fighter. We have seen so many miracles in our lives and know that there are many more to come. Please keep Kate in your prayers.
Kate had to be put on a C-PAP machine to help her breathe. She also had an EEG test to monitor her brain activity (hence the stylish turban.... :)
2 comments:
I'm so glad that they are finding out what's going on. Like we talked about yesterday, it's blessing that this happened because they found out what's going on. She look sooooo cute! Kate is has definitely pulled off the turban look. We love her so much and have her in our prayers.
Oh, I had completely forgotten about the stroller since Maddy has had the stomach flu. Maybe I'll have you just leave it on the side of your driveway and I'll have Nate pick up tomorrow.
Marc, I like the post where Kate is eating poodle cake and wearing miss matched clothes, can we stick with that please?? What a nightmare, that must have been so terrifying. She is such a strong little thing, we are keeping her in our thoughts and prayers. We love you guys, give Kate hugs and kisses for us.
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