Cardiologist appointment

Here we are in the sono room. Carson is really checking out what we are doing. Getting started.

He thought it tickled. He is too cute if you ask me.

Here is where Dr A is checking him out.

Back home he is modeling his monitor. The white gauze is actually what they use on burn patients but they use it to keep the wires close to his body without moving around.

Modeling the whole get up.

I had to tape it down a little better because the gel on it dries out and makes the stickers not stick so well. That is a close up as well as the monitor that he is carrying around.

Another shot of the leads.

Well this is going to be a shorter post but I just want everyone to know that we went to see the Cardiologist today and I got some VERY GOOD NEWS. But also a little news to show some concern on.

When we first got there they did hook him up to an EKG and then we went over and did a sono on his heart. Everyone in there couldn't believe how great my two year old was. He sat still while they did their stuff. It was really awesome to see the sonogram of his heart. She showed me the whole heart, the ventricles, valves, blood going in and pumping out.

So then Dr A came in and discussed his findings. First off, he said he could see where the doctors at the hospital would think LVH was present but he felt that everything was within normal limits. So I was so relieved. He did however tell me that because Carson is so skinny and because his skin is so thin that he could hear a heart murmur. I had no idea of this until now. He said nothing to be to concerned with that it should be able to close up on its own. Now he did tell me that he saw many episodes of bradycardia from his EKG from the hospital. Brady means slow so this is a pattern where his heart is beating at normal rate and then for no apparent reason, his heart slows down and just stays slow and then picks back up again. So he was given a holter monitor and we have the 5 leads on and he will stay on it until Friday morning. Then I will deliver it back to his office and they will download and Dr A will call me personally. He said just because the anatomy of his heart look alright, doesn't mean it is doing what it should be doing. But the good news is he felt like if this is what he thinks it is, medicine will help.

So I asked him what he thought about the sinkable episodes where his NG was concerned. He stated that he didn't think this was what was going on and didn't feel like it was related. He said if anything (are you all ready for this) he is going to push Dr R and make sure she keeps the NG in him for sure long term. One, he wants Carson to gain some weight because if he isn't eating and drinking, it messes with his something (I cannot remember the exact term) and that can mess with his heart rate. Second, if for some strange reason that the NG is causing the this problem than he wants to continue to keep it in so if Carson does have some other problem besides the bradycardia , we can catch it. Third, if again we take it out and Carson isn't drinking fluids, then he is going to be dehydrated and that elevates the blood pressure which again will put a strain on his heart and kidneys.

So that is about it for now. We have two more appointments tomorrow and two more on Friday so hopefully we are getting a little closer to what is going on with Carson.

Once again, thanks to everyone for all of your prayers. I'm crediting each and everyone of you for this wonderful news. Not that I want anything to be wrong with Carson but Bradycardia sure sounds a lot less serious than LVH. LVH is where he could end up with some major surgery and the brady is more RX controlled. So I think maybe I will get a good nights sleep!!!