Biopsy #4 in the Bag

Two months down, four biopsies ago, Olivia received a new lease on life with a new heart.  Tomorrow is February first and the beginning of Heart Awareness Month.  We won't have pathology results until then and that seems fitting too.  So far results are encouraging.  BNP is still falling, she's gained weight and grown even more in height - whether or not there is still some slight rejection present; it is very clear that her body is better with the new heart than it was with her original post-Fontan heart.  

For any CHD parent that may be reading this - please do not interpret my statement to mean that I blame the Fontan.  I don't.  Like any surgical procedure, most work - some don't and the Fontan didn't work for Olivia.  She was ready for it, the tests all said that she was and I still have the utmost faith in her doctors at Hope always making the right decisions for her if she were ever to be in their care again.  (They don't have a transplant team so that's unlikely right now).  

1 in 100 babies are born with a Congenital Heart Defect.  That is and will always be a part of what made Olivia the sweet, feisty girl that she is today.  Spread Hope, Spread Awareness.