The cardiologist called me this afternoon. This is the second time in a month that he has called me personally. It always surprises me when it is the doctor on the other end of the phone. Unfortunately, our phone connectiion is HORRIBlE. I struggled through every word he said; straining to hear him and understand him. I gave it all I had and in the end, this is what I got from the conversation:
The piece that came off of the stent is very small and has already embedded itself into the wall of the lung. It is nothing to be concerned about. When that happens, they do not worry about it. There is no danger at all. If it were near the heart, they would go in and try to remove it, but since it is located where it is, they will not do anything. I would have asked more questions, only I could barely hear him and was fighting to understand everything he said. Both of the doctors (his cardiologist and the doctor who placed the stents in) feel that only the left stent is fractured. They still do not know how the piece got into the right lung but they are convinced only one stent is fractured. It does need to be repaired. But the doctor feels that he won't have any problems placing a stent inside of this stent. He feels there is enough room to get around easily. That is all good news. I asked if he felt there would be a chance that he might have open heart if they can't get it in, he assured me that the doctor is confident that he will. So I will just leave it at that.
The stent will be done through the cath lab again. Evidentally it is a bit more difficult to schedule surgeries at the moment due some hospital relocation things going on. So... we are thinking it might be in a month. I did ask if this was there when Ri had x-rays done back in August. He said it was, but the way the x-ray was taken, it was barely visible. He could understand why noone saw it.
So, we rejoice in God's grace ... again... in our lives.
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