I got more details from Dad this morning. Jeff and Tammy were back at the hospital and Mom and Dad were getting ready to join them. Overall, Dad was impressed by the hospital the night before. To see Taylor, you must put scrubs on and wash really well before you are allowed to see her. It is a very controlled environment right now.
Dad described tubes going into her all over the place. She is heavily medicated so she wouldn’t fuss with the tubes and is in no pain. Dad said she was making a sucking motion with her lips like she had a pacifier or something.
The Doctors told Jeff this morning that they are making some progress on some fronts. The problem is that they have so many fronts to tackle. Dad did have a few more details on what we have learned so far. The hole in the heart apparently stems from birth. Something about this being common and it usually seals itself by 6 weeks. For some reason Taylor hasn’t. The arteries around her heart are also swollen, which caused the IV fluids not to distribute correctly. They think a virus may have caused that. And on top of that, two of the heart valves are leaking. They told Jeff yesterday that this would make her a strong candidate for a heart transplant. But they haven’t said anything more about that, so hopefully the diagnosis has improved.
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