Today we had a late breakfast at Denny's, then came back to the room and did some school work, then we went over to the hospital for the pre-op stuff, they took a chest x-ray, and EKG, then we got to meet the cath cardiologist, he explained over basically what we already knew. He said on Wednesday he will do that TEE in the cath lab, and they put her to sleep the put this scope that goes down her throat to take a picture from the back side of the heart, it takes a in detail picture that he can look at to determine the exact size, location, and how close to a valve the hole is located then he will decide if he can close it in the cath lab, in a procedure that they go through the artery in her leg and put in a device that way to close it,and she will just have to spend the night and get to go home Thursday; if not he will just let her go, and we will meet with the surgeon and return on Thursday for the surgery. I am so hopeful that this can be done in the cath lab, and she doesn't have to go through the surgery but I am scared to get my hopes up. She will be ok either way, she's strong and has God on her side so I will just leave it in hands.
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