Surgery

Yesterday we were hit with some more bad news. Emma has a hole in her heart between the right and left ventricles. This is something we have known about and they had hoped it would heal on its own. The cardiologist came in yesterday and ran some tests. The hole doesn’t look like it is going to close on its own, so they are going to perform surgery. Emma needs to be between 3 and 5 pounds before doing the surgery, so it could be a month or more away. CHOC at Mission does not do this surgery, so at some point she will have to be transferred to CHOC in Orange. That will make it even more difficult because she will be 30 to 45 minutes away from home rather than 10 minutes. While this is a fairly routine surgery, it is still scary. Life is becoming more and more stressful everyday. I know in my heart that everything is going to work out, but it is hard to see right now.