The meeting, BIG news, and a road trip to EDMONTON!

Dr. Wonko came in this morning on rounds and had mentioned Erica's "condition". He also mentioned that he spoke with Dr. K as Dr.' Wonko himself is getting very impatient and wanting answers as badly as we all are.
Dr. K mentioned that Erica's heart conditions are not the usual in their text book field. The PAPVC is more of a TAPVC/TAPVR only with partial  (2) veins and not total (all 4) veins. He said that her condition is quite complicated, and unusual.
Not something you want to here at all
All morning Erica's done quite well. Her Vent oxygen level was set at 27% which is only 6% above room air, and her stats have been in the 90's. Her breathing seems to be between 30-42 bpm which again is a lot better then her usual 70-120 bpm, and her heart rate seems to be between 120-150.  She also weighed in at 3.535 kilo's (a lot of this is due to the fact that she's been sedated and paralyzed on I.V and had a blood transfusion. The nurses said not to be alarmed by her looks or the weight number as a lot of it is fluid retention as she hasn't gotten her diuretics either.
Later on in the day we were told that we were going to be going to Edmonton. It wasn't for a surgery right away but more so for more tests as the cardiologists and surgeons just aren't too sure about anything.
They don't know however if it'll be tomorrow or friday but they are wanting to get her there asap!

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Wednesday January 11th, 2012
Well it's bright and early and the Saskatoon Dr.'s got a hold of Edmonton and have a room in the NICU there for Erica and want her asap.
So the plan is for her to leave around 2-4pm by plane.
We figured we better make our phone calls to the grandma's and grandpa's and call to make accommodation arrangements for ourselves. We tried the Ronald Mc Donald house not really thinking we'd get in, but to our surprise they had one room available so we took it, packed up, gave Erica our safe flight wishes and kisses and told her we'd see her soon, that they were going to figure out her little heart and make it all better again, so she can come home where she belongs.

IT was a long drive to Edmonton, but we made it. We got to the Ronald Mc Donald House unpacked and found our way to the Stollery Children's Hospital, to make sure Erica had make it safely and was nicely settled in.