January 4, 2012

Cardiology update

Trev had his cardiology appointment last week and as expected he was awesome through the whole appointment. He is after all, a Rock Star!! He is in the 75% for height. Way to go Trev! He gets to continue to play sports and swim just like any other kid his age.

His heart function looks great. His right ventricle has been growing with his body and currently is not enlarged... Yay!! His body is still excepting the fact that he does not have a pulmonary valve which is wonderful news. His cardiologist expects that in about 2-3 years we will start doing the treadmill tests to see how is heart reacts during exercise. As of now they can not put in a new valve via the cath lab. But who knows what they will be able to do when it comes time for Trevor to get his new valve and conduit. Technology is changing daily and they can do some pretty amazing things! Not many kids with his diagnosis have a patch on their pulmonary artery, so Trev is kinda paving the way for kids born today with pulmonary atresia :)

We moved to a wonderful new neighborhood with awesome neighbors! They watched the girls for us so we could focus all of our energy and time on Trev during his appointment.

Thanks for all the prayers for Trevor! It is amazing how far he has come!