Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Cath Day

Today we were supposed to check into the hospital at 9, which was no problem at all. I was suprised that Anniek got up at 7 seeing as she was awake 4-9 yesterday with only an hour nap. I gave her a bath until 8 to keep her occupied and seeing as she can't have anything to eat or drink so that seemed to avert her attention from wanting something to eat or drink.
We checked in just before 9 and they gave us a room, Anniek was not too happy that she had to get washed with the special soap there. It was a good thing that I brought 2 of Anniek's favorite movies as they didn't call her back for the Cath until about 2:30 and she didn't get in for the bath until 3:00 pm!!! During that time she only asked for something to eat/drink 2 times which I thought was amazing!!!
The Cath went very well. They were unsure as to if they were going to put a stent in or do another balloon dialation. The doctor said that the last time he did the balloon dialation he dialated it to 7mm and when he went in today it was 6.5mm, so it has gone down since the last time...how quickly it went down we are not sure. He ended up putting a stent in and said that they had should be able to stretch it open a little big when she is older if needed. Anniek pulled through like a trooper and it only took 2 hours for the prodecure (scheduled for 4 hours).
We are spending the night at the hospital and will hopefully be discharged tomorrow morning.

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