Today’s transesophageal echocardiogram indicated Grair has a very small (3-4mm) vegetation growth inside his stent. It doesn’t appear to be limiting any flow, but does confirm endocarditis.
Dr. Hamilton (our normal pediatric dentist) came to Children’s today to do the dental procedure. It turns out Grair’s teeth weren’t as bad as Dr. Hamilton predicted. He found no sign of infection, and didn’t have to remove any teeth. While this is good news, it keeps us from completely relying on the teeth as the source of the infection. Caps and fillings were placed on a few of Grair’s teeth to strengthen and hopefully prevent more infections.
Now we wait until Monday, when all the cardiologists get together to decide the next steps for Grair. Based on what we’ve learned leading up to the findings is that we’ll go home next week and do 4-6 weeks of antibiotics. Shortly after the antibiotics are complete, we’ll come back and get Grair’s valve replaced. However, we don’t really have a clue.
On Monday morning, Grair will have the central line moved which will get us one step closer to going home.
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