Snooky Great

Yesterday we went to LA so Mia could have another Echo done on her heart and then we had an appointment with the cardiologist. It's been a couple of months since we've done the echo so he wanted to see how her heart and the PA band were doing. He said that the job of the PA band is to restrict the flow of blood to the longs, as a result the heart has to work harder than a normal baby's heart, not to mention it has a hole where the blood mixes so that also makes it work harder. What they find is that the heart tends to develop thicker because it is a muscle and the muscle is working harder. It's not ideal, but instead of doing an immediate surgery, it gives the baby a chance to grow and get bigger. In light of that, he said that Mia's thickening is moderate on a scale of mild to severe and that maybe it's time to do her heart surgery instead of the intestinal surgeries. It is not a definite, but the doctors meet collectively once a week and so next week Thursday they are going to decide if that's the way to best proceed with her surgeries. They did say that after the surgery the thickening would go down and the heart would return to "normal" because it wouldn't be working as hard. The concern is to not let the thickening go on for too long. So please pray for wisdom on the part of the doctors and for us because we know that God is in control and we trust His plan for Mia, but heart surgery is still very scary for us. But we want what is best for our little girl.