Muriel is in recovery with the breathing tube removed. Dr El Zein just came in to tell us that everything was fine. With the fenestration (an open hole between the artificial vessel and her right atrium) her saturation levels, granted while on oxygen, are around 90%. Pressure gradient across her now completely open ASD (in essence she has a single atrium now) is now zero, which is good. There is still a gradient over her pulmonary vein (hope I am getting this right) due to surgery. They will keep a watch on it, but he believes this will go away or not be an issue.
During the fenestration procedure they discovered clotting in the artificial vessel. That's pretty scary. Had they become loose they could have lodged anywhere, including occluding the vessel itself. She will go on a higher dose of Heparin in a few hours (once they are sure there is no bleeding) to avoid this happening again. This is the main reason we will be on cumadin and aspirin when we go home.
Ok - we are ready to go in to see her...
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