We just spoke with Dr. Zahn, the head of the cardiology department and the one who is performing Caleb's cath.In his right pulmonary artery, they found moderate to severe narrowing. As I write this, they are inserting a balloon (angioplasty) which they will inflate at the point of the narrowing. They will then deflate it and pull it out and hope that the narrowing will expand. If this is successful, Dr. Burke will not need to address it during the operation in the future.
The good news is that they haven't had to intubate (put him on the breathing machine). Instead, Caleb is sedated, but he's breathing on his own. We hope this will continue to be the case during the rest of the procedure because oftentimes extubating can be complicated.
Thank you for all your prayers! We will continue to try to update as news (and a computer) becomes available.
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