Libbi's checkup

Today we went to visit with Dr. Menon and it was exactly what we were expecting but we had convinced ourselves that what we were expecting was not what was going to happen, we were wanting our miracle!! Her oxygen level is too high, which when we left the hospital last week we knew that, but we were hoping it would drop. Dr's words were.. 'she's doing really good, too good..' What the crapola does that mean? Well apparantly it means possible surgery. So how does 'she's doing really good' equal surgery? Let me try and explain. In Ebsteins the main concern is not getting enough blood flow to the lungs, but because of her VSD she is getting too much blood to her lungs which could present problems when we do the Glen surgery (the one between 4 and 8 months). On Monday we will go and she will have a heart cathederization, which is where they go in through her veins in her thigh and test her oxygen, it's a more accurate testing than what they've been doing. It is a out-patient surgery so as long as she comes out of the anethesia well, we can come home Monday afternoon. They will then determine if she needs the banding surgery, and if she does it will be the following week. My biggest concern (other than the obvious) is that she can't eat past midnight on Sunday and we won't get there til 6 am, surgery not until 7:30 am! 7 and a half hours of not feeding a newborn?? Seriously?? How sad is that, the poor little bug is going to be starving, and we will be the meanies! She can have sugar water until 4:30 am and Kurt thinks that will be enough to hold her over but i know better. Us girls need our food! Wish us luck with that and hope for the best. (no banding surgery is the best) It's kind of a double edged sword situation because if the VSD starts to close and closes too fast she will need the Glen sooner, if it doesn't (which is what is happening) she will need the banding. Best case is that it closes a little bit more before Monday, and then stops closing for 4-8 months! That would be our miracle.