Our trip to Michigan - MOTTS and CVC

We spent the last 2 days in Ann Arbor Michigan with some wonderful people.We want to thank the Relly's for the great hospitality they showed us.They are truly a blessing and a wonderful caring family.We are blessed to have made such wonderful friends.Thank you too for Br Price for being with us at the hospital yesterday.He even sat at the table with Broc in the pre-op area and colored pictures.


MOTTS and CVC is a wonderful place.We cannot say enough about their Dr's and Nurses.They all made Broc feel at ease as well as taking care of the parents too.

We arrived in the pre-op area and sat at a little table and played games with Broc until they came to call us.We had to find many things to distract him as he only wanted one thing and that was to have a drink.Poor guy.If any of you know Broc he loves his cup.

Once we were called back it was time to change into his gown and get all his vitals.He sat watching basketball on the TV until it was time to go in.

His tree frog and his taggie were being held tight for comfort.

We then moved to the waiting are of the Cardio Vascular Center (CVC).Broc was given the happy juice and then daddy got all suited up to take him into the CVC IR (Interventional Radiology).Broc thought it was really funny cause daddy looked like a Dr.

His procedure took about an hour and then he was moved to recovery area.He was in recovery for about another 1.5 hours.They called us back and said that he was good to go.The were able to go in his vein and not an artery so he did not have to lay still for 4-6 hours afterwards,which made it a lot easier on everybody.We were very happy that we did not have to spend the night.

On the way home we stopped to eat at Brocs favorite restuarant as he was starving hungry.Here is a pic of him eating a bun.

He was feeling much better after he had eaten a few buns and had a drink.

The results of the procedure : There is definitely a blockage.A little bigger than we thought.It involves his external illiac artery and his femoral artery.So he has a blockage above and below his groin.It does not however involve the common illiac artery which is a good thing according to the drs,other wise they would have to tap into his aorta in his abdomen.
The plan is to come back to CVC in Nov for a CT Sonogram for a bone length study.If his right leg is shorter than it is now then they will go ahead with the by pass surgery as soon as they can get him onto the schedule.They say that his blood flow is possibly effecting the growth of his leg and the muscles but to be sure they will do the CT in Nov and if its even shorter by that time then they know for sure that its the blood flow that is causing the leg to not grow properly.

Thank you for all the prayers and words of comfort through out this whole process.