Sunday evening

Okay. The doctor just came in & the plan as of right now is to let Andrew continue to rest (as long as he is stable) & go for the cardiac cath tomorrow morning. Whether they can completely address the issue in the cath lab will depend on the nature of the narrowing & exactly where it is. Basically, his repair (the Glen) is in the shape of a T, so if the narrowing is just on the l part they can stint it, but if it includes the vertical & horizontal parts of the T they would have to go in surgically, because there's no such thing as a T-shaped stint. The doctor felt according to this morning's echocardiogram that there was a good chance that it could be addressed in the cath, but we won't know for sure until they get in there tomorrow morning. This seemed to all come on suddenly (we were even tentatively scheduled to go home Tuesday), but really Andrew was just compensating for the situation as long as his little body could.
Thank you all so much for your prayers. Obviously, we were very disappointed that our son has to go through so much, but please know that we aren't discouraged. It's very hard & it hurts, but Andrew is our precious gift from God & we continue to praise Him for him & continue to look to Him for strength as well as healing for Andrew.