January 17, 2004

More about Rosie's Heart

I understood most of what the doctor told us about Rosie heart problem, but did some research over the last few days, ad found some stuff on the internet.

vsd.gif

The image above shows the kind of problem she has, a ventricular septal defect, or VSD. This web page has some excellent information about it all.

Posted by Gary at January 17, 2004 10:32 PM
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Judging from the gallery pictures of Rosie, she is as pink as her name, and so I'm guessing that the VSD (and the amount of shunted blood) is much smaller than the diagram would indicate. I'm predicting it will heal itself within the first year (about 50% do) and the doctor's cautious observation approach is right.

Posted by: nils at January 19, 2004 10:23 AM

good luck you 3,

your soon to be mate,

long junior

Posted by: dave at January 20, 2004 03:40 PM

Good luck from us too. (And a really belated congratulations. Rosie looks great.)

Posted by: Derek, Clare, Caoimhe at January 20, 2004 10:25 PM

gary r u perturbed that the most viewed foto of rosie is the one with u in the bath?.....have u still got admirers out there?
adve

Posted by: dave long at January 20, 2004 10:57 PM