Rachel's Heart Procedure

Rachel and I will drive to Children's Hospital in downtown Detroit early Monday morning for the procedure we have been anticipating for the last three years.  After several doctors visits and countless hours of internet research we have decided to get the tiny hole in Rachel's heart closed up.  The hole is known as a "PFO" and will be closed through a catheter.  The doctor will make a small incision in her inner thigh and insert the catheter into one of the arteries that makes its way to the heart.  He will then use an "umbrella" like device to patch the hole and eventually the skin in the heart will grow over so the device is no longer exposed.  We are doing this to prevent any infections "sneaking" through this hole and making their way to the brain again...like it did three in a half years ago!

The procedure lasts a couple hours and then Rachel will have to lay still for another 6-8 hours while the incision area clots up.  She will stay in the hospital over night and hopefully come home on Tuesday afternoon.  We are both excited that this procedure is finally scheduled and will be completed soon.  The doctor performing the procedure is Dr. Forbes and we both like him very much.  We are anxious to put this behind us and move forward with some closure to the past 3 years. 

Thanks to all who have been praying and will continue to pray.  I hope to give an update on Tuesday.