Bummer...

A couple of hours after Koal finished with his cath, we received visits from Dr Powell (Koal's cardiologist) and Dr Murphy (the cardiologist who performed his catheterization today). They had some disappointing news. Actually, Dr Murphy said this, "What we found is just very odd. We are not concerned, but we will monitor him closely."  The echo that was preformed after Koal's cath today, showed narrowing similar to what was seen in Kansas City back in August. Booooooooooo. We were hoping the ballooning would work wonderfully and create less obstruction in the vessels of Koal's heart.  Dr Murphy said she wonders if this is a NEW obstructed area, because there was some difference in her findings during the cath, verses the obstruction Dr Powell had seen on the last echo.  Soooooo, we don't really know. Both docs did say that all went well and we will just continue to monitor closely, hoping for the best, and being prepared to do open heart surgery to repair the obstructions. They said the narrowing is mild to moderate and there is no need for intervention at this point. The plan is just to wait and watch. If the narrowing gets worse, we will hope that Koal has grown some, because it's possible another cath would do the trick if he was a bit bigger.  ALWAYS a better option than surgery!  Thank you for all of your continued prayers. We serve a mighty, amazing God who answered so many prayers today! Please continue to pray for Koal's recovery, as tonight may be rough. Also, please pray that the next echo performed on Wednesday in Kansas City would show excellent improvement.