Reason to Celebrate

Friday certainly provided plenty of drama and excitement, but the only news that mattered came early in the afternoon. 

The news from Henry's cath lab was excellent. The doctors did see narrowing of his left pulmonary artery, next to his Glenn shunt. It proved to be not as severe as the echo had indicated, but was still something to address. They performed an angioplasty, inflating a balloon in this artery (4 times) to stretch it out.

After the angioplasty, they decided they did not need to place a stent. Additionally, there were no significant extra blood vessels growing around his Glenn that needed to be closed off. This is excellent news, as it means Henry's own, reconstructed, anatomy can keep performing the amazing job it has been for the past four months. On top of this, they feel his lung pressures are strong enough for us to take him off the sildenafil. One less med!

I don't think Paige or I can express our full amazement at how Henry is doing. Hypoplastic babies do not do this well; they do not grow this fast; they do not have so few cardiac complications; they are not this strong. Henry may have had his setbacks, but he is doing better than we had any right to hope. 

Thank you, Henry!

(PS: #TakeTheCrown)