Specialist Visit

Mylah completed another heart scan today. Results look pretty much the same. They were able to get much better views of the 3 areas of tetraology. They took more accurate measurements as well, and determined that her VSD (ventricular septal defect) is approximately 6 mm. long. The blue dot below illustrates this approximation, or size of the hole that runs between the right and left ventricles. The cardiologist also mentioned that he was seeing what appeared to be another rare anomaly with her heart. A vein or artery is branching off near the aorta and going somewhere it shouldn't. He said that he has only seen it a couple of times in previous TET babies. However, he wasn't 100 percent sure that this is what he was seeing, and that after-birth ECHO's would put a better finger on it. He mentioned that this finding would require immediate surgery after birth because of it's affect on how her brain and lungs would perfuse. Our next appointment with this specialist is on Sept. 30th if she isn't born by then. We meet with the surgeon, Dr. Ciccolo on Monday the 19th.