Tanner's Cath Results

Good morning everyone! Well, it wasn't a bad night. Bells and whistles went off, but I would just re-arrange Tanner and we'd go back to sleep. He developed a little fever...and here's why:

The photo on the dual pix shows the line of dye going straight up the middle. The top photo shows a curvy line snaking back down thick to thin. This is NOT supposed to be there. Because Tanner is "blue" (but not for long!) this was the way the heart was trying to get more oxygenated blood to the body by developing little "collaterals". But then, the extra blood was pooling in the lungs as shown by the dark lines on the bottom dual photo. So, Dr. Tietel, Tanner's cardiologist, put "coils" as seen in the single photo to close them off. This is very normal for "blue" babies and won't happen again, because TOMORROW TANNER WILL BE PINK! These coils are platinum and won't set off any metal detectors, we've been reassured! Dr. Tietel said he gave Tanner some very expensive jewelry!

Things have been very up beat here. Tanner gets up to pee...naps a bit...and watches Lightening McQueen over and over again. Today is a rest day...this afternoon the surgeon is come to talk to us about tomorrows procedure. He's still a bit warm, but everyone says it's very normal due to the coils. Amazing, huh?

P.S. (as if I'm writing a letter! HAHA!) Anyway, the photos show the right side of the heart. Tanner now has "jewelry"on both sides. Cool little kid!