August 14th 1997
We got wonderful news from Cindy's echo today! Both of Cindy's VSD's are closing. Her largest one was 7mm and is now only 1.5mm! Her smallest VSD is "tiny" now. This means the surgeon will not have to repair them!!!! The whole family is so excited for Cindy. She will still need to have her PA band removed but our PC is hopeful the she will not need a mid line incision. Her blood pressure is also down and she has no re-coarctation of the aorta. She has been taken off all her diuretics and only needs to take .7 of digitalis twice a day. Her cardiologist will call us next week to give us Cindy's surgery date. He is anxious to get her band removed before it does any more damage to her pulmonary artery.

August 25th 1997

Cindy's Cardiologist called today. He told us that Cindy's VSD's are not as small as they thought and they have put surgery off for another six months and they will have to split her sternum. We also found out that Cindy's Bicuspid Aortic Valve is stenotic. She may need the Ross surgery someday. I don't like this roller coaster ride we are on!