Simi was born with a heart defect; an Atrial Septal Defect. That means that there is a hole between the two Atrial Chambers of his heart where there should be a wall. As heart defects go, this one is the easiest one to fix. But it does mean open heart surgery. This is where they crack open his chest, stop his heart, sew a patch in the hole, restart his heart and close him up.
We hoped to be able to avoid open heart surgery and close the hole via catheterization instead. Unfortunately, the hole is too large to be closed via catheter/amplatzer device.
Simi is nearly 4 years old. We've known about this defect since he was two months old. And we've known that the day to close the hole was coming. Now, it's nearly upon us. On October 6th, Simi will have open heart surgery to close the hole.
After a lot of thought and investigation, we've chosen to go to the Children's Hospital of Boston for the repair. They're leaders in pediatric cardiology and he's in good hands there.
Now let's hope that time fast-forwards quickly to November/December so that we can have this thing behind us.
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