I can't believe I am blogging from home. We only had to stay one night. That is seriously a miracle. Dr. Petit promised me that Stockton would only have to stay one night, if nothing went wrong of course. Stockton went in for the procedure at 9am and they were done by 10:30am. We were so glad that things went smoothly. Stockton had to be intubated for the procedure so his voice is a little raspy. Dr. Petit showed us some pictures of Stockton's heart and explained a few things. Stockton has moderate regurgitation between in right atrium and right ventricle. This means when the blood is pumped about 30% of the blood pools then finally leaves the heart. This puts some pressure on his heart and makes it work harder. They want pressure levels in that area to be about a 6 and Stockton's are measuring between 10 & 12. They were also were about his aorta narrowing. We are happy to say that it is not. Dr. Petit also told us that having Stockton wait until he is 6 months to have his 2nd surgery is not the best case for him. He said that there is no benefit in waiting. The pressures in Stockton's heart will either remain the same or get worse, they never get better. With the second surgery they usually don't have to open up the actual heart itself like they did with the first one. However, since Stockton has these high pressures they probably will cut out some more tissue to make the pressures go down. Even though December is a busy month of holidays it is really good for our schedule. Continue praying for our little. He is such a trooper.
Here is the updated total on our insurance bill: $514,287.63
One of the pharmacies we get Stockton's prescriptions from called me today to tell me that I owed $24 for his upcoming re-fill. She tried to tell me that we had not hit our deductible. It was rude but I totally laughed at her. :)
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