Kaitlyn went into bch as planned on 22nd February 2007 for her cardiac catheter op. For once she behaved herself and we were home on schedule after 3 days! The procedure took 2 hours and Kaitlyn was fine afterwards. Her heart function was discribed as "excellent". We were told that there was no need to inflate the second vein or the aortic arch as neither were blocked. Her second vein is on the small side as are her lung arteries. We have to hope that over time her arteries will grow sufficiently for her to be able to have her third stage operation when she is about 5years old, having said that we are told there are children in their teens who have not had the op and have remained well.
More good news is that Kaitlyn no longer has to have her clexane injections or weekly blood tests and is back on asprin which is brilliant ! We have an out patient appointment in May and the plan is to do another catheter in 9-12 months time.
The only problem now is teething!! Kaitlyn has one tooth coming through with another following - she is such a grumpy so and so at the moment - but we dont mind! :-)