So . . . Kaitlyn

We have had a crazy few weeks/month! I really thought that I had told everyone about this but apparently we had not... my mind plays tricks on me! So here is all the info...

Kaitlyn went to see the peds cardiologist today... a few weeks ago she complained about her hurt "feeling funny" and when I listened to her with the stethoscope she had an irregular sounding heart beat.... Having not ever heard it myself and not having had a doctor noticed it before.... we asked the pediatrician about it and she referred us to the peds cardiologist to have a work-up.
SOOOO - today she had an echo and a EKG and we saw the dr. The echo was normal... which was good, but she did have an irregular heart beat in the office. We saw it on the EKG and the dr heard it when he was listening (SO I am not crazy!)
It is called a sinus arrhythmia which is the best irregular heart beat to have and generally requires no additional treatment... it's just good to know that it is her baseline. The dr did have us apply a 24 hr heart monitor to see if he catches anything else abnormal. So she is wearing a little monitor around her neck and we take it to the office in the morning for it to be read. They should have a reading by friday.
The other thing that he noticed was a heart murmur ... which no one else has ever noticed... it's very mild. But because he saw nothing abnormal on the echo we can call it a still's murmur which is an innocent or benign murmur. But again it is a good thing to know it is there.
All of that being said- she is cleared for surgery on the 20th unless the 24 hr monitor catches anything else...
That's the info!