More Concerns...

Matthew's voice started getting a little raspy last night so Amy had to take him back to the Pediatrician for a checkup today. He has an infection in his throat that is causing him to have laryngitis. This can cause problems when he's placed on the ventilator during his heart catheterization on Tuesday so they'll be watching him very closely.

He's Pediatrician also noticed that Matthew's liver is enlarged. Amy's heart sank when she said this because we've known for a while that this is one of the first signs of congestive heart failure. Matthew's pediatrician thought that he should be admitted today but his cardiologist said we could keep him home since he's going in for the heart catheterization on Tuesday. We don't know for sure, but it appears that we're not going to get that extra 3-4 weeks before his next surgery that we've been hoping for. We are still praying that the pressure in his lungs is at an acceptable level where they can still perform the stage 2 surgery instead of repeated stage 1 but it's not likely. This is happening too fast. Please keep praying for our Matthew.