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It's his heart! Not a baby!

Okay, I know when you see sonograms you think baby, but this is Cody's aorta. We went in to get a release for sports for school and came back with restrictions. Cody was diagnosed with 'Coarc'. Short for Coarctation of the Aorta. "Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the aorta between the upper-body artery branches and the branches to the lower body. This can increase blood pressure in the arms and head, reduce pressure in your legs and seriously strain your heart." So today we are anxiously awaiting a phone call from the doctor to schedule surgery. They will go in and either do a balloon dilation or implant a stent. Just waiting to find out. Apparantly this is something he was born with but never diagnosed with until recently. Props to the R.N. who heard a little murmur and thought his blood pressure was suspect! As active as he is it is a little crazy to think what could have happened if we hadn't found this. Basically the doctor said that the worst that could happen is "He could collapse on the court and die." Plain and simple. I guess we'll get this done ASAP!
If you look at the picture where the letters DAO are it shows the narrowing. And on the left and right there are little white dots that show the normal size of the aorta on either side. Crazy!

North Texas Ranch Rodeo!

Brian competed this past Monday at the 1st Annual Invitational Ranch Rodeo at the State Fair here in Denton. It rained all day and cleared up long enough for us watch.

Brian roping a calf: This was Kevins 1st time in an arena (Kevin is Brians horse - he did really good for a 4 year old.)



Calf Doctoring:



Wild Cow Milking: It's just as sounds Milking wild cows!




Brian and Kevin: