A few weeks ago Levi had a stress test. He did worse than the one before, which was to be expected. The doctors told him they thought he could go 6 months to a year before needing the transplant.
Three weeks ago they did blood work to measure a hormone that affects heart pressures. Normal is 0-30 and his was 1000. They wanted him to come back in 2 weeks to have a heart cath and insert a balloon pump to assist his heart function.
That was yesterday. The balloon pump did not support his heart enough and he went into cardiac arrest. They resuscitated him, sedated him and put him on life support (ecmo).
This morning he was slightly less sedated and responding to verbal commands but not fully awake. He will have surgery soon to remove the balloon pump and insert an impella which will support his heart better and allow some mobility.
Please pray for his healing and wisdom for the doctors.
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