We took Liam for his cardiology follow-up this morning. This was the big follow-up appointment. As you recall, Liam's surgery required the repair of a cleft in Liam's mitral valve and the construction of a patch that completed the septum between the left and right sides of his heart. At today's appointment we found out that the patch is not leaking and is healing well, and that the valves in Liam's heart are performing as well as can be expected with only minimal leakage - as the doctor put it, only God can create valves that don't leak. All in all, Dr. Heath (Liam's cardiologist) feels that Liam is at very low risk for needing any future surgeries related to his heart defect. In short, Liam's repair was a complete success!!
Liam is also being weaned off of his last diuretic and will be finished with all medications on Sunday morning! We have a follow-up with Dr. Heath in four to six weeks, and then likely won't have another cardiology appointment for a year! Lauren and I cannot be happier. Not only is surgery behind us, but all the usual complications have not occurred. After starting our time with Liam with two months of bad news, we now have had nearly a month of nothing but good news.
To answer many people's question, yes we ARE having a party for Liam. However, because he was on bypass, he cannot get any vaccinations for six weeks after surgery. Because of this, it has been recommended that we keep him away from large groups of people until he is vaccinated. Given recent events, you can understand that Lauren and I are not tempting fate. Liam will receive his vaccinations the week of Caroline's birthday (September 9). So we will have Liam's party sometime following that. Look for the Evite in your inbox soon!
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