Cath. cancelled/Vent. Perfusion Scheduled

I just received a call from Dr. McOmber saying that they were cancelling the heart cath. that was scheduled for Thur. The reason was that he met with the balloon angio spec. Dr. Recto and that he felt he did not want to just be on stand by the day of the cath. but after reviewing all of Evan's echo's that the balloon might just work, possibly with stents and wanted to do the cath. with Dr. McOmber. Dr. Recto also wanted another test to be performed before the cath., Venitaltion Perfusion Scan (sp). This is a radioactive test where radioactive material is injected into the blood flow and radioactive gas is breathed into the lungs and then a machine reads this information to test the pressure between the left and right side of the heart. He said that everyone's pressure should be 50-50 and that he know's Evan's is not that, but that it would be helpful to know the pressure comparison and see how his heart is compensating. Dr. McOmber said that this has increased the chances of Evan not having to have another Open Heart. Keep Praying!!! We will not know the date of the cath. until after this test on Fri. We will keep everyone informed.