Heart update

(Original appeared April 14, 2016)

Sorry for the flurry of entries this morning but my onsite reporter is feeding me news as it comes.
I mentioned earlier that the “hole” in Jacob’s heart was a concern that back then was as the border of whether to treat with medicine or not. Some new factors have presented themselves this morning that alone aren’t a big issue but when combined with everything else tip the scale toward treatment. So, today they will begin applying medicine (ibuprofen) to attempt to close up the “hole”, again referred to as a PDA, and we’ll see what happens. They are still on track with the echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) on Monday to compare and see if the “hole” is closing up. Perhaps it’s best that we start the meds now rather than wait until next week.