All of you who have seen the Sandlot know what my title means. Well it has come to mean something else to us here.
George went in for his annual heart biopsy yesterday and they did a bronchoscopy too. We talked to the doctor after the procedure and it seems that the right side looks great, and that is the side you would see the effects of the aspiration. The left lung however is a different story. The left side in anyone is typically smaller but George's is "Pinched Shut" as Squints Palladorous would say. So this is the main cause of his pneumonia's and if it does not get fixed he could loose his lung. But to fix it may be tricky, it is pinched by his main arteries his pulmonary and his aorta, the doctor could see it pulsating from the pressure, crazy.
Top row right to left: Trachea the left side looks smaller, bronchial tube on the right side that looks good, Second row left to right: Right side, right side, beginning of the left already narrow.
These 3 are all the left side the first and last are the part that are pinched by the arteries and the middle on is further down and it looks good so it is just the pinched that is the problem. But as you can see it is really pinched shut!!!They can fix this by stitching the aorta to the sternum but there are 2 ways to do that. One they can do it with scopes, we would prefer that. The other way is full surgery, big bummer!! But we will not know until he gets his CT that will be in a few weeks, they will be able to see his full anatomy and know which way they need to do this procedure. So I will keep you all updated if you want to know or not.
His heart cath went well all of his pressures looked good and his coronaries looked good too. He has a stint in his SVC that still looks good which is all news we like to hear. Although we got the results to his heart biopsy and not as good of news. He has mild rejection, which we can hopefully switch up his meds and he will be OK. But that is the latest and greatest on our Georgie Bean. More to come I am sure.
9 comments:
Ash, I hope all goes as well as possible! George is so awesome, what a trooper! You will be in our prayers! Love ya!
Good luck with everything! We will pray for you guys and especially Georgie!! Lots of hugs and loves going your way!
I was thinking about you yesterday wondering how everything went. Keep me updated...we will be thinking of you and hoping things go as you would like! Sweet Georgie..its such a bummer that he has to go through this every year at his Bday time! What a tough kid!
Oh, Ash! It's good that you have some answers and some direction concerning his lung. I've been thinking of you and thanks for the update. Love that Georgie!
P.S. I know you have lots of family, but I'd love to help out and babysit for those long procedures!
Let us know if there is anything we can do to help. We will be hoping for the best.
Ash - good to get the update. Sounds like he still has to go through a lot, but it would be so good to get his lungs working right and get rid of the pheumonia! Love ya tons.
I am so sorry. I think about you guys all of the time. i don't know how you cope with three kids, AND poor little George and all his medical stuff. You must be superwoman in disguise. Hope all goes as well as it can. If we can help with the other kids or something, let us know.
It is good to know what is contributing to the pneumonia, but I am sorry to hear that Georgie might be facing surgery. Let's pray for the scope option! Thanks for keeping us posted. Of course we want to know!
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