Next steps

 For those of you who are not on Facebook or do not already know this
Ivy was admitted in to the hospital on Thursday after I suspected something more was going on with her heart.
After an echo revealed diminishing right and left ventricular function and hardly any squeeze at all coming from her heart, we headed to our room that awaited us at our local Children's Hospital. 
The heart shows all of her repairs are working as they should be. So why the sudden drop in our sweet baby's heart function? The suspicion is her Right Coronary Artery that has been hindering us since April of last year... And the secondary pulmonary hypertension that is a direct result of the issue that occurred with the right coronary artery and the time spent not knowing it was stitched closed. We need to do a heart cath to verify these suspicions. But we need her heart stronger for a heart cath. 
So Ivy is on Milrione and IV diuretics, being closely monitored, waiting for a day next week when she will get this heart Cath.
Our next step is sad but obvious. The only way to get a new coronary artery, is to get a new heart.
We are choosing to take a little blog break at this time. We have so much to pray, think, and learn about. We have very important life changing decisions to make as far as where this will happen and how we will go about it. Obviously there will be a lot of factors out of our control since we don't even know when or if this gift of life will be given to her. 
We believe with all of our hearts that this is still Gods perfect plan and we will get through it whatever that plan is. God has blessed Ivy with the strength and bravery of a Lion and the gentle soul of a lamb. She is like no other child I have ever met in so many ways. She has been through more than any one should ever have to. And yet here she sits beside me, heart barely squeezing, with round cheeks and a belly full of mashed potatoes, broccoli and assorted nuts, a box of fries in one hand and her blankie in the other, telling Swiper, No Swiping, as she watches Dora. She says please and thank you to everyone coming in and out of her room and shares her snacks with whoever asks nicely. She tells her visitors she loves them right back when they leave and she tells me thank you for the simplest things like fixing her pillow, changing her diaper, throwing away her trash. She scolds me for turning the lights off and shutting her door but says, It's ok mommy, It was just an accident I forgive you, when I spilled water all over this morning. She has a fight in her that no one can stop and when God says it is her time to come home, His will be done, until then, she continues to run her race and we continue to try our best to keep up with her and stand by her side. She is much stronger than us! Much braver than us! And much wiser than us! 
We thank you for your prayers and support during this time. We appreciate your comments of encouragement and read every single one. We are still holding on to the hope that she will spend her birthday at home (just as we were praying last year here in this same hospital..) with her family and friends and all who love her! 
You can find Ivy's Facebook page by searching Mission to a Million on Facebook. We may do small updates there as we see the need to update. 
Ivy's Birthday is May 6th, her little party is planned for May 4th. We are praying that she can celebrate her 3rd year and the gift of her life at HOME! We are praying that there is a perfect heart out there that God has intended to use for two children instead of one. To Him be the Glory, for He loves her So!