We had another positive heart doc appointment this morning.
Dr. Marx was very happy about Coley's continued growth - 13 pounds (50th percentile), 24 inches 50th percentile), his pink color, and overall progress. Most happy I've seen Dr. Marx, in fact. He said it's earlier than he thought it would happen, but that Coley is now safely past the potential need for the 1st, most risky surgery (a Blalock-Taussig shunt or balloon dilation of the pulmonary valve). So that's good news. Basically, if Coley should need higher blood oxygen levels to properly develop (which he doesn't, yet), he could now go strait to the 2nd surgery, the Glenn procedure.
His oxygen saturation level measured 81% today. Only down 1% from two weeks ago. But going down steadily as predicted.
The Glenn surgery will probably happen around 4 months or age or January 3rd (give or take two weeks).
