Pre-Fontan Cath

We arrived in Houston late Tuesday night. Stockton was finally able to come down here and get this done. We arrived at TCH at 7am. Stockton was not able to eat after midnight. We were fortunate that we had an early cath time. We met with our anesthesiologist, David Vener, he prepped us for what he would expect and told us that he thought everything would run really smoothly. After that we met with our cardiology doctor, Aimee Liou. She would be the one performing the cath. She told us that she also expected things to run smoothly and explained to us that she would get a good look at Stockton's heart and she could see if there were any collateral veins. (If your heart isn't getting sufficient circulation or adequate oxygen it can begin to create little veins that help circulate the blood flood to certain areas. However, in a lot of cases these vessels can be a problem.) If Stockton has any of these then she will evaluate closing them off or not. A few moments later they gave Stockton some medicine to help relax him. He was acting really silly. We sent Stockton back about 9am. Seth and I were exhausted so we went down to floor 17 and laid on the chairs. We both fell asleep and before we knew it our pager was going off. The procedure was about 3 hours. We spoke with Dr. Liou and everything looks good. She told us that his body didn't create any collaterals. She did say that his pulmonary artery looked a little stenotic but that our surgeon, Dr. McKenzie would be the one to evaluate that. We had to stay by Stockton's bed for 6 hours. He was really sleepy but he was doing really well. When Stockton goes through these things he acts so big. He tried to drink but began throwing up. He threw up about 3 times before we ordered some Zofran. He improved greatly. He was so hungry. We left TCH about 5pm and we had so much relief.

The next day we met with Dr. McKenzie. He was very polite like he always is and was very engaged in our conversation. He said that he doesn't think he is going to touch Stockton's pulmonary artery. He also said that Stockton is getting really big and is a perfect candidate for the Fontan. We love Dr. McKenzie. He has been there since the beginning and we are clued to him. Dr. McKenzie has battle leukemia 2 or 3 times. We are grateful that he keeps coming back to work and we are so grateful for his knowledge. We owe Stockton to him. We left the appointment after having an hour long conversation. We are scheduled on August 7th, 2015 for the Fontan.