Annual Biopsy

On March 12th it was George's Heart Birthday. Along with that they do an annual heart biopsy. Which means they take a catheter and go in his bloodstream at the groin and fish it into his heart. When they are there they can check the actual pressures in his ventricles and Atrium's. They also check his stint they put in his SVC. The scariest thing that they do is they take several pieces of his heart to biopsy. We went in for that yesterday. They checked all his pressures in his heart, his pulmonary that is narrowing, and checked on the scar tissue around his groin to make sure his legs have good blood flow. It all looked good and looked the same as last year which is great. They got the biopsy back last night and it was clean!! That is the best news of all, no rejection and that is the best way to tell. So all is good till next year when we have to do this again!!

Also those of you who have seen George know he is a furry kid, not fuzzy, FURRY. Well they like to put pressure on the site where they went in so they tape up his leg with some heavy duty stuff. Lets just say that was torture taking it off. Just imagine that you have put duct tape on a mouse and have to take it off gently, NOT FUN!!!