22 Dec 2008 ~ Today I receive wonderful news. Angel's echo-cardiograph scan is scheduled for today and after the doctor listened to her heart beat, he said that she's already perfectly normal. Thus, the scan is not required at all. Praise the Lord, Alleluia!
A bit of history.. Angel is born with her heart not fully developed. It was detected when she was one month old. The doctor heard a murmur in her heart from the stethoscope and advised that she went for a echo-cardiograph scan. Without much information on hand, we immediately sent her to the best available specialist. She had her first heart scanning when she was 1 month 4 days old. The diagnosis was Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis. In general, it means the valve does not close tightly and therefore, the blood that flows to her heart from her lungs will flow out again, producing the murmur. In addition, the pulmonary artery which brings blood to her lung is a bit narrow and hence, the flow is not smooth.
There is no medication as this is all part of development. She went for a follow-up scan when she was 7 month old, 1 year 4 months old and 2 years and 4 months old to keep track of the development of her heart. Today is supposedly her last scanning to confirm that her heart is fully developed. After checking and some questioning, the specialist doctor said she need not go for another scanning. What a relief when I heard what he said!
This piece of news is the best Christmas present from above for me and Angel.
Let the Lord be praised! Thank you, thank you my Lord and my God.
1 comment:
That's really great news.
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