Today's doctor's appointment was the best one we have ever had! Really! Austin's pulmonary valve was still leaking at a 2. That is good. The doctor was so glad to see it wasn't leaking more than that. They know they will have to replace it sometime, but that time is not now. It looked good. The tricuspid valve which he has had replaced looked terrific and was only leaking mildly. His heart hadn't enlarged anymore than it already was. It stayed the same!!!!
Also, his ventricle has only been paced by his pacemaker .1 percent. That is way down from the last visit. His atrium had to be paced .9 which was way up, but still we will take that.
The doctor felt we could get more time out of his defibrillator than thought. So, her plan is.....NO SURGERY in August. She wants to see him days before he leaves on his church mission which will be in January and then she will have a definite date for replacement surgery. She thought after he was on his mission he could go 1 year to 18 months before he would have to come home for surgery and then he could go back out! We are so excited. Yes, he still has to have surgery, but LATER is MUCH better than SOONER! She will write a letter to our church and let them know he has to stay in the United States and will need to be no farther than 2 hours away from a metropolitan area. She will also let them know that at a year or 18 months he will need to come home for surgery. She did say that there were a couple of hospitals in the U.S. that she knew the doctors well enough she would let them do the surgery, but other than that she wanted him home for the people who know him to do it. I agree! He would only have to be home a week or two.
Yea!!!! To good news! Thanks for caring about him. We appreciate it so much.
Also, his ventricle has only been paced by his pacemaker .1 percent. That is way down from the last visit. His atrium had to be paced .9 which was way up, but still we will take that.
The doctor felt we could get more time out of his defibrillator than thought. So, her plan is.....NO SURGERY in August. She wants to see him days before he leaves on his church mission which will be in January and then she will have a definite date for replacement surgery. She thought after he was on his mission he could go 1 year to 18 months before he would have to come home for surgery and then he could go back out! We are so excited. Yes, he still has to have surgery, but LATER is MUCH better than SOONER! She will write a letter to our church and let them know he has to stay in the United States and will need to be no farther than 2 hours away from a metropolitan area. She will also let them know that at a year or 18 months he will need to come home for surgery. She did say that there were a couple of hospitals in the U.S. that she knew the doctors well enough she would let them do the surgery, but other than that she wanted him home for the people who know him to do it. I agree! He would only have to be home a week or two.
Yea!!!! To good news! Thanks for caring about him. We appreciate it so much.
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Great news, but I have to admit hearing the news mission was a shock. But then again, Hillary will be 18, which means Austin is 19 this year. Who told these kids they could keep getting older???
You're awesome. And such great news.
We're waiting on blood work results to know about Kai.
Kim