This last few weeks has been a little bit crazy; we spent some time taking care of Collin and Ian while my parents went to Disneyland, and I've been swamped with school work. But there was one thing in particular that made these few weeks stressful. When I took Ethan in for his one year check up, the doctor felt like he should have an EKG. He has a slight murmur and Collin has heart problems, so they wanted to make sure his murmur was nothing more serious. We got the EKG done that day and the next day the doctor called with the results. She told me that the EKG was showing that Ethan's heart was larger on the left side and that we should meet with specialists at Primary Children's as soon as possible. Naturally, I was really upset when I got off the phone. I didn't know what to do, so I just started to cry. Ethan just snuggled into me, and giggled whenever I'd sob (it sounded like hiccups), because he thought I was playing. When PJ got home from work, we discussed it and decided not to worry too much about it until we met with the Primary Children's doctors and learned what this all meant.
On March 12th we went in to Primary Children's. Ethan was so good that day and all the doctors and nurses said that he was the best baby ever because he was so well behaved. He would just smile at them and he only cried when they were doing his chest X-ray and we had to leave the room. PJ had given him a blessing that morning, and we felt pretty calm going throughout the day. The doctor came into to talk to us after some tests and said that he felt the original EKG was wrong, and Ethan's heart was okay! He said EKG's are not the most reliable, and with the chest X-ray, it looked like he was a healthy boy! He still has a murmur that we'll have to watch, but the doctor thinks it's benign! With this wonderful news, we left the hospital feeling relieved and excited! Our little Ethan has become the joy of our lives and it's such a great thing to know that he will not be limited in the things he wants to do because of his heart!
1 comment:
I had no clue you were going through that! I'm glad it is not as bad as you thought it was. He's growing up so quick. I'm still bummed I missed your b-day call. Give me a call when you have a free moment.
Post a Comment