Shayle's visit went pretty well overall. The doctor will call us back at the end of this week to talk with us once she has had a chance to review her echo pictures from last year to compare them to the echo she did yesterday. She travels to a small town nearby for patients who do not live in the DFW area. She is located in Dallas and all of Shayle's records and images are kept in that office.
We did find out that if she should need a valve replacement sometime in her life, she will have to undergo major open heart surgery. This news was devastating to me since we misunderstood at our appointment last year that she would only need a heart cath. to fix her pulmonary valve. The heart cath. would be to repair her large heart murmur. The dr. told us that sometimes kids will need this as they go through growth spurts. Sometimes they don't need it until they are adults. We will just have to continue to monitor her weight and activity level to determine when it will be time for the surgery. Everyday, since before we went to China to get her I have prayed for God to keep her heart strong and I'm asking you as my friends and family to please put her on your prayer list. I will post again once we hear back from her doctor.
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