Update After Cardiac Cath 

God is good.  Matt got out of the cath lab and is in recovery.  The doctors looked at his lungs, his heart pressures, and his blood flow, and everything was better than expected!  Matthew did not require a stent in his Fenestration because the previous collateral vein back to his heart is still there - one of the biggest concerns going into the cath.  Marie and I are thrilled with these results and know that they are surely the result of all the prayers.

As of now, it looks like Matthew will probably be able to come home tomorrow, again good news.

The doctors do want him to get chest PT and nebulizer treatments, just to be sure this does not happen again, so that will be another procedure for Marie to add to her daily list of special tasks for Matthew, but it certainly seems worth it.

It is not lost on us that seven years ago today we first found out that Matthew had a Congenital Heart Defect.  This is the day that Dr. Snyder came into our lives and we learned that we had a long road ahead of us.

We would also like to say that the team of doctors that are in Matthew's corner are the most compassionate, committed physicians that we could ever hope for.  Columbia is the place we know we can go and get the best possible care and where they take their patients into their operating rooms and their hearts.  Thank you Dr. Vincent, Dr. Snyder and Dr. Torres.

Again, thank you all for the thoughts and prayers, we can not express enough how much we feel and appreciate them.