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Apr. 21st, 2006 09:25 pmAlex had her one-year pediatrician's appointment yesterday.
He heard a heart murmur.
This is probably no big deal. He says so ("If there were a serious cardiac abnormality, she would be weak and sickly - which she's obviously not."), my sister the pediatrician says so, and Dr. Google says so. Apparently, it is fairly common for children between the ages of 1 and 5 to have a heart murmur for a while. After I posted a plea for innocuous heart murmur stories to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
plan_survive yesterday, several people chimed in making them sound utterly unremarkable.
And yet.
We have an appointment with a pediatric cardiologist on the 26th of May. It's possible that she'll be able to diagnose what they call an "innocent murmur" just from listening to Alex's heart, and will send us on our merry way. If not, she'll need to have an echocardiogram, which is an ultrasound of the heart.
I am mostly succeeding in not freaking out about it, but it's definitely on my mind. I am relieved that the cardiologist's scheduler was able to find a cancellation, because originally she offered me an appointment in September. (Can you imagine? Boy, it's a good thing we don't live in Canada, where their evil socialized medicine has led to long waits for medical treatment.)
A heart murmur.
( other news from the pediatric visit )
He heard a heart murmur.
This is probably no big deal. He says so ("If there were a serious cardiac abnormality, she would be weak and sickly - which she's obviously not."), my sister the pediatrician says so, and Dr. Google says so. Apparently, it is fairly common for children between the ages of 1 and 5 to have a heart murmur for a while. After I posted a plea for innocuous heart murmur stories to
plan_survive yesterday, several people chimed in making them sound utterly unremarkable.And yet.
We have an appointment with a pediatric cardiologist on the 26th of May. It's possible that she'll be able to diagnose what they call an "innocent murmur" just from listening to Alex's heart, and will send us on our merry way. If not, she'll need to have an echocardiogram, which is an ultrasound of the heart.
I am mostly succeeding in not freaking out about it, but it's definitely on my mind. I am relieved that the cardiologist's scheduler was able to find a cancellation, because originally she offered me an appointment in September. (Can you imagine? Boy, it's a good thing we don't live in Canada, where their evil socialized medicine has led to long waits for medical treatment.)
A heart murmur.
( other news from the pediatric visit )
