Second Diagnosis

On February 13th, 2008, we had our second appt with the perinatologists at St. Luke's on The Plaza. This time we met with Dr. G. During this sonogram, with Kinley being 3 1/2 weeks further along, Dr. G could see a blood vessel going towards the area of the left lung. This gave him a different idea on what was causing Kinley's heart to be on the right side of her chest. Our new diagnosis was a Pulmonary Sequestration. This meant that what was origianally thought to be a tumor was actually lung tissue, but it is growing abnormally large and is not connected to any airways. The main concern still remains with development of both lungs. The right lung, still inhibited by the heart and the left lung, now trying to determine how much of it is connected to airways.