DS had his bi-annual cardiology visit yesterday. They the entire work-up, this time... weight, height, BP, EKG, cardio/echogram, etc. Everything looks good. He still has some leakage from the repair but it hasn't increased any in the last six months.
He was quite a little wiggle worm this time! Every other time we've been through this particular battery of tests, he's always been very calm and complacent. This time he wasn't having any of it! He was taking the EKG probes off faster than I could get them stuck back on. I would get one reattached and he'd pull three more off. The echogram was just as much of a challange- lay still for that... no way! My little baby is growing up to be a full-of-beans toddler!
When the nurse first started putting the little stickers for the EKG probes on him, I think about 12 in all, I had a bit of a panic attack.... way too much baggage. My heart started racing, my hands were shaking and I couldn't catch my breath. For a very brief moment I had a very strong feeling that they would find something seriously wrong and we'd have to go through open heart surgery all over again. It was about that time that DS decided he liked pulling the probes off and I didn't have time for panic attacks anymore. So much for paranoid self-indulgence.
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Anyway, just wanted to share with people who would understand. ~ Brook
He was quite a little wiggle worm this time! Every other time we've been through this particular battery of tests, he's always been very calm and complacent. This time he wasn't having any of it! He was taking the EKG probes off faster than I could get them stuck back on. I would get one reattached and he'd pull three more off. The echogram was just as much of a challange- lay still for that... no way! My little baby is growing up to be a full-of-beans toddler!

When the nurse first started putting the little stickers for the EKG probes on him, I think about 12 in all, I had a bit of a panic attack.... way too much baggage. My heart started racing, my hands were shaking and I couldn't catch my breath. For a very brief moment I had a very strong feeling that they would find something seriously wrong and we'd have to go through open heart surgery all over again. It was about that time that DS decided he liked pulling the probes off and I didn't have time for panic attacks anymore. So much for paranoid self-indulgence.

Anyway, just wanted to share with people who would understand. ~ Brook