Yeah, PDA is the most common heart defect requiring correction. Fortunately the duct isn't actually in the heart, so if surgery has to be performed, it isn't on the heart itself. But it's likely that Hannah's problem is something different, and even more minor.
Certain babies, like my own daughter, have their duct kept open artificially on purpose because they need the extra mixing it provides, they use drugs for this and then close the duct later, surgically, if necessary.
Many babies have small atrial or ventricular defects that close on their own as they get older. Usually these are just watched. Murmers may even be caused by turbulent flow with no defect present, especially if the baby is sick and stressed.
Then there are all kinds of more serious problems that would have likely been symptomatic by now, and so are extremely unlikely for little Hannah.
I'm looking forward to the next update, which I hope and pray will be that she continues to improve, and that nothing problematic was found on the echo.
Certain babies, like my own daughter, have their duct kept open artificially on purpose because they need the extra mixing it provides, they use drugs for this and then close the duct later, surgically, if necessary.
Many babies have small atrial or ventricular defects that close on their own as they get older. Usually these are just watched. Murmers may even be caused by turbulent flow with no defect present, especially if the baby is sick and stressed.
Then there are all kinds of more serious problems that would have likely been symptomatic by now, and so are extremely unlikely for little Hannah.
I'm looking forward to the next update, which I hope and pray will be that she continues to improve, and that nothing problematic was found on the echo.
