Tetralogy of What???

To be perfectly honest, when Evening was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot I was thrown for a loop in more ways than one. A foolish item I was hung up on was the wild name. I thought the doctor was referring to a dungeons and dragons term or a new PlayStation game. Strangest name.

The word Fallot is actually the name of the doctor who described the four heart defects. The doctor a French physician and cardiologist name is Ettienne Louis Arthur Fallot was born in 1850 and died in 1911. The first part of the word tetralogy is tetra that is a Greek word that means four (describing the four aspects of her condition).

The physician encouraged us not to go online because of all the misleading information out there but some that may provide some guidance are below:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1299

I'm back at work now and Ruthie and her mother Rose are caring for Evening. Apparently, fantatsic day today. Lots of good rest and I got to tell you - it beats me up being away from her but so great to come home. She honestly looks noticeably older each day and continues to be so sweet! Things are looking great today.