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After picking David up from his first day of Kindergarten (sniff, sniff) - Kahlia, David and I headed off for Eugene to see her Cardiologist that goes to U of O once a month. Her O2 sats were still low 70's at the highest. The plan now is for her to have her Cardiac Cath on Friday. The surgeon will measure her arteries to see if they are any bigger still from the ballooning of the arteries last month. If they are, then she will put in a stint to help keep the arteries stretched out longer to prolong her surgery to allow her to continue to get healthier and stronger. However, if there is no difference then before her cath last time, then she will most likely not put in the stint, and will still balloon open the arteries, and we will schedule her for her open heart surgery sometime in the next few weeks. Now I'm starting to get a little nervous, and scared. I know it is completely out of my hands, but I feel helpless and afraid. On one hand, I want to get it over with so she can start recovering and living with what we know as "normal" oxygen levels. The other part of me wonders if she is healthy enough - strong enough. Dr. Carlson said that she will be very sick afterward, and will probably be on a breathing tube for at least a week. With the combination of the breathing tube and also pain management, they will probably have her sedated for at least the first week after the surgery. She will most likely be in at least a month. The first 48 hours are critical to gage how the rest of her recovery will go. If she struggles and things are rocky -her recovery will most likely be slow. If she sails through nicely those first few days, then that is a good indication that she may have a quick recovery. I know what I will be praying for!!! Quick recovery, and a little girl who is going to fight like crazy. Looking forward to getting this part of our journey behind us. It's easy to grow weary, but there's no time for that!! Please pray for wisdom for the doctors this Friday as they make decisions on Kahlia's health and heart. Pray for peace for our family as I know this will be a stressful time wondering about how Kahlia's body will respond to the stress - in addition to Scott's campaign gearing up for election day Nov. 2...overwhelming...