Pediatric Cardiologist Visit

Graysen is tired after a morning at the pediatric cardiologist. It was an in depth visit. They did an echocardiogram on Graysen and the doctor did an exam. Graysen looks great. The only concern (on going) is his lungs. His blood oxygen level was 95%. This is too high. A normal person's BOL is 100%, but since Graysen is a "mixer," his level is expected to be around 82.5%. A reading of 82.5% for Graysen would mean that half of his blood goes to his lungs and the other half goes to the body. Since Graysen's level is so high, it means that double the amount of blood goes to the lungs than goes to the body. This is flooding his lungs. The doctor is concerned, but there is nothing that can be done until his next surgery. We go back to the doctor next week for another round of chest x-rays and a visit with the cardiologist. The doctor is debating putting Graysen back on lasixs to reduce the amount of fluid in his body. He will make the determination next week after looking at the chest x-ray which will tell him more about the condition of Graysen's lungs.

Both Lee and I feel very blessed that Graysen is doing so well. He is definitely a tough little baby and very strong.