Cardiology Update

Today was our Cardiology appointment. It was quite an eventful visit. Peyton did awesome for his EKG and his measurements. Then it came time for the ECHO. They decided to do the full ECHO instead of the limited one. I brought the M&M's to bribe him but he cried and did not want to have it done. He picked Toy Story to watch and the tech had to get suckers for him. He whined through a lot of it but luckily Montana was there to hold his hand and comfort him. It took about 45 minutes by the time we were done. Tanner was fussy and Mason was upset because he wasn't allowed to have a lot of Peyton's M&M's. Then we went to talk with Dr. Etheridge. And to get the tentative PLAN! We were anticipating surgery this spring. And after today, we are know looking at a Heart Cath the beginning to middle of February with surgery following the end of February/beginning of March. He also will need to have a swallow study done in January to try to figure out his swallowing (or lack thereof). After he has the Fontan, he will most likely be fine for quite a few years. Eventually he will probably need a pacemaker inserted but hopefully that won't be for awhile. It could possibly be after surgery but they are not thinking that. There is really no leaking of his valves which is in his favor! He is definitely turning more blue with his sats in the high 70's right now. I kinda anticipated this being the direction we would take before we got to the appointment. The estimated time in the hospital following the Fontan should be about 7-10 days...but I'm planning on more since Peyton usually has his own schedule. That's pretty much it for now and we just get to keep loving on him!