Echocardiogram

I personally have never been to a Children's hospital or do not remember it if I was younger. I can tell you it was amazing. Walking in this place just showed how much the people around there cared. They spent a lot of time and money to make it feel neat. We go to check in and they scan my drivers license and tell me to put the sticker on my shirt. I read it and it says my name and what floor I am supposed to be on. Brilliant I think.

We get to the place we are supposed to be and wait. We get called back right away and sit in another dark whisper room. Ultrasound tech is a guy this time with a Boston Red Sox lanyard around his neck. I am a die hard Yankees fan and decide to wait to give him a hard time until after the Echocardiogram.

He gets us started and somehow immediately finds the heart. He has Cullie flip to one side then back to the other to see everything he needs to see. Levins of course is not cooperating but he eventually gets all the pictures. He talks with us while he is going through everything and says nothing seems to alarming to him.

The Cardiologist comes in and starts to look at everything. She then gets the ultrasound wand and starts to look at Levins heart. They start talking really fast and I only pick up a few words. She then tells us she will explain everything after they have gone through the entire heart. Keep in mind Levins heart is now the size of a quarter. It is crazy to me that they can look at everything. They finish then she gets ready to talk with us.

She says Levins has a valve that is back flowing just a little bit. She says there could be 3 small issues on the heart. She tells us if there was just one of those issues it would not be any real concern. She says since there is 3 small issues she wants to monitor her throughout the entire pregnancy. She told us the reason we have all these tests it to prepare for delivery. She says that all of these are soft indicators for DS but nothing is a firm indicator until the baby is born and they can test. She then says that we will have another Echocardiogram to monitor the heart.

Science and the medial field is crazy. It was the best visit we had because we felt like all of our questions were answered. We still do not know if Levins heart has anything really wrong but it was good to hear her say nothing at this time was life threatening.

I learned a lot that day. I learned again that life is all about preparation. All the doctors are trying to do is to prepare for Levins when she arrives in September. We still have a feeling of peace about the situation.