The long and the short of it, for those who don't know:
Kev took Langodn and Trevor for their yearly physical before kindergarten was to start and they found something wrong with Langy. He has hypertension caused by a coarctation of his aorta and has had since birth. More info can be found here:
We've had several tests performed and they determined he needed to undergo catheterization and possibly balloon angioplasty. All this was pretty scary for us knowing he's only 5 and a mere 31 pounds.
Monday he was checked in to our local Children's Hospital to undergo the procedure. Kev stayed as long as he could but he has to get the other children from school before he was finished so I stayed with him for the rest of the procedure and that night as well.
Langdon was such a trooper. Bravery comes easily when you don't know what you're up against and have Mommy and Daddy there. 🙂 The hardest part for him was going without food or drink so long before the procedure.
The end results are this:
His blood pressure had been up into the 130's and is now in the one-teens, a definite improvement!
The cardiologist found no discernable damage to his heart.
There is still a disparity caused by the coarctation and he will need this all done again, but hopefully not for a couple years.
Blood flow to his lower extremities has greatly improved as well.
He will need long-term cardiac follow-up, but again, hopefully we can stretch this out a couple years.
In my research I did find a link to TTTS and CHD, so we obtained a referral for Trevor just to make sure he's ship shape. (Mostly to alleviate Mom's worries.)
We have pictures and more info on my Facebook page if you look there.
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