Last year during Peyton's yearly examine with his pediatrician, the doctor said he heard something weird and wanted us to see a cardiologist right away. Excuse me? Have you seen my son? He's huge for one thing, totally active and he's five. The words "five" and "cardiologist" just don't mesh. So, off we went and met with the only pediatric cardiologist in the desert, Dr. Hashmi, who is great by the way. It turned out that Peyton had Atrial Septal Defect, better known as, hole in the heart. No, not a heart murmur but an actual hole, apparently 2 completely different things. If you have the time, click on the link. It's about 30 seconds and its a great description. It made me at ease to understand what was going on with my little boy. The only major symptom that he showed was that he sweated like nobody's business. Apparently the heart needs to work a little harder which made him sweatier when he'd be running around.
Anyhoo, we had our annual check up and the good news is, is that the hole is almost fully closed. At this point we're in the clear for surgery. He won't have to have it. What a relief. The bad news, they now want to see Drew. Apparently the chances for ASD with a second child are greater if your first had it. I'm not too worried though. She's just as active and doesn't sweat :)
The pics are from last week when he had his EKG and Echo cardiogram......things 6 year old boys shouldn't be having!
2 comments:
Oh my goodness, what a little tropper! I wish we saw more of each other at work too! Oh, meeting tomorrow, I'll for sure see you there. Go you little "4 pluser" you!!!!
That is such great news! We are so happy Peyton won't need surgery. Peyton and Griffin are such great friends! We are excited they get to remain together in elementary!
Amy
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