Ayden is continuing to do well. They finished checking pressures, took some pictures of his pulmonary veins, and are now "putting in more coils." Until Dr. K. just came by, I had no idea what that means. (She went down and checked on him. She really cares about Ayden.) As it turns out, Ayden has some vessels that are sending extra blood flow to his right lung. Yes, the right lung, which has been the problem lung, is getting extra fluid sent to it.
So, Dr. Ammons is "coiling off" those extra vessels. This involves inserting a straightened platinum (Dr.K: Ayden is "very expensive") wire into the vessel that then coils up, taking the vessel along with it. This causes the vessel to clot off, thus stopping it from continuing to transport excess blood flow.
It sounds like Ayden has been operating with a bit of handicap in that lung, and this should help. The finally thing Dr. K told us was that there was no scary monster lurking somewhere in Ayden. Nothing really troubling has shown up today. Thank God for that.
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