Another Day Another Doctor's Office

We took Olivia back to the Cardiogist for her 1-week post Hospital discharge visit. Everything went very well. Olivia's Oxygenation was 86% -- even while screaming -- that was a new record for her. Her Heart Ultrasound also showed no new problems. Dr. Dommer was happy with Olivia's heart function (ejection fraction -- the degree of herat contractility) , which had decreased slightly after surgery, but now is back to presurgery levels. There are no signs of fluid build up around the heart which we have been told is one of the more common complications 3 to 6 weeks post surgery. Olivia will need to see Dr. Dommer again in 2 weeks for another echo -- sounds like this will be at least a monthly occurence for the forseeable future.

We have not yet heard about her latest Bilirubin values, hopefully tomorrow when the Visiting Nurse comes we'll get a copy of the bloodwork. Dr. Dommer was also right on top of this, contacting UofM while we were there to get results w/o any success. 

We have been extremely impressed and comfortable with our cardiologist (Dr. Fountain - Dommer), she has been very pro-active and involved. Sara and I truely believe that she was and will continue to be a vital part to Olivia's continued success. In that vein we will also be changing pediatrician's offices to someone that is more familiar with the special health needs of our One-Kidney, Jaundiced, Heart Defective Diva :)  Dr. Dommer gave us some names of pediatricians in Kalamazoo that are more used to dealing with special needs kids.