Back to the cardiologist we go after getting Echo results

It’s been a few days since we had the echo cardiogram done. I said the results on Twitter and Facebook but was honestly still wrapping my head around it. We noticed a heart murmur when we took Myles in for his 2 month appointment. The doctor reassured us that it was probably nothing. But because he was premature and there is a known family history of murmurs, they scheduled an echo. The echo came back showing a PFO, Patent Foramen Ovale. We made our appointment for the cardiologist. During that time we seen a neurologist for an unrelated issue. They mentioned that they were unable to hear a murmur at all. So I mentioned it at Myles next appointment. TA DA! They listened forever and never heard a murmur again! I requested that we cancel our appointment with the cardiologist and try another echo in our hospital. The pediatrician agreed that this was a reasonable request.

On Tuesday, I took Myles to the hospital. I was praying that he would sleep. The pediatrician had told me that if he wouldn’t go to sleep, they’d want to reschedule a time that they can sedate him. He said if this was the case, we’d wait until he was older. As much as I don’t want my infant son sedated, I wanted answers too. In my heart, I knew all was okay. I thought it was a great sign that no one had heard the murmur in 5 visits.

While I was sitting in the room trying to keep this little man content and still, I knew I was wrong. Myles got sugar water through the syringe while there. He did pretty well until it was time to roll him on his side. That’s when he started crying. So we stopped for about 10 minutes so I could soothe him to sleep. It worked! He finally fell asleep so we could finish the last part of the echo.

We got the results on Thursday. My fears were confirmed when the pediatrician told me that he still had the PFO. He said it is a small hole and isn’t urgent. But because of Myles size, he wants him seen by the cardiologist. So we made an appointment again for Primary Children’s Hospital. Of course, with this little boy, I can’t help but think positive! He is such a fighter and will grow to be strong like his daddy!