Cardiology

Guess what.... Oh that's right, we are OFF to the DOCTORS again...

Today we went to see the Cardiologist, a follow up for her heart.  Brinleigh has a small whole between the top two chambers of her heart, it's called an ASD.  She also had a tiny amount of Hypertension when in the hospital.  With having an ASD, she may be just fine with it and it may never cause any significant problems, or it may need to be fixed in the future only time will tell.

At this appointment Brinleigh had an x-ray along with an EKG.  She did awesome!  She just laid there while they put wires and electrodes all over her body.  An electrocardiogram (EKG) is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart.  Her EKG looked good, didn't show signs of hypertension or that the ASD was making her heart work harder.  But they will keep following her to watch it closely.  We will go back for another evalutation in a few months.  And if needed they will do an Echo, but they would prefer not to unless really necessary, since Brinleigh would have to be sedated and that comes with risks.  I'm glad at this point we didn't need to do one. It's really scary, all the unknowns, but we just have to rely on the professionals that they will watch her carefully and know what's best.  I hope that she will never be effected by it.