Katelyn at Children's Mercy Hospital

As most of you know Katelyn, Lee and I made a trip to Kansas City on Tuesday where Katelyn has some procedures done at Children's Mercy Hospital. Katelyn did well through the catheter and tranesophageal echo, but had some trouble coming out of the anesthetic. Her breathing dropped pretty low, so she had some breathing treatments and was on oxygen for awhile. She also was pretty sick afterwards. She couldn't keep anything down, including juice and water. So our stay was prolonged a little bit. The pictures below are from when she was still not feeling well and it is pretty obvious from the way she looks. Once she finally came out of it, she was back to her normal self: smiling, signing and talking to mom and dad. We were also very thankful that Andrea and Ryan came and visited Katelyn in the hospital. Mom and dad sure enjoyed having someone else there to talk to!! From the procdures Dr. Kaine and the other surgeons at Children's Mercy believe Katelyn needs open heart surgery to try to repair her mitral valve. We are hoping this will be possible to avoid her having to get a valve replacement. We are waiting to find out early next week when her surgery will be scheduled! Thanks for all the prayers from everyone and we love you all!!