Happy Halloween!!  I didn't quite get Zoe's costume all done, but at least she made it into her pumpkin butt onesie.  She was going to be the million dollar baby, but maybe next year.  Today was a long day.  Zoe had her last meal at 8:00 this morning and then didn't get another meal until 7:00 tonight.  Her cardiac cath was scheduled for 1:00 but didn't get going until about 2:30.  Zoe spent the morning resting comfortably which was reassuring to the two of us.  I though we were pretty pulled together about going through this procedure but as soon as they started to roll her away we both got totally teary.  It's so hard to think about her doing so well and then going into this procedure that could set her back.  The surgeon warned us that she might have to end up back in the ICU and still on a vent.   Jason and I spent a long few hours pacing our room and then got a call saying that she was all done and to come meet the surgeon.  He said Zoe did great, no complications.  It took them a few attempts to get the catheter in an artery, but it worked.  They found basically what they expected, high pressures like the ECHO said.  They tried 100% oxygen, room air, and nitric oxide  to see how Zoe's lungs responded.  We still don't have much of an update on how that all went, lots of calculations have to be done still.  The surgeon said Zoe did respond some, we're just not sure how much and probably won't until tomorrow.  Zoe recovered great, she is back in her roon and on the same exact amount of oxygen she was on pre-surgery- YEAH!!  SHe is resting comfortably right now and finally got a meal.  Now we just have to get her back on schedule.  We won't be abe to pick her up for a few hours because they don't want any pressure on the insicion site since it is an artery.

As of this morning the doctors were still talking about us going home possibly this weekend, we'll see what happens tomorrow after everyone has processed the cath results.  The home medical company is coming by tomorrow to train Jason and I how to use the oxygen tanks and feeding pumps- I still can't believe we're almost there.  I will write more about what the long term plan is for Zoe tomorrow when we have some answers.  Thanks for all the prayers and happy thoughts!!