update on olivia

Just got home (around 8pm)...what a long & exhausting day.

We got there and they did another EKG and rhythm strip....both looked fine.

The ped cardio came in and discussed the holter monitor results with us. She disagreed with what we were originally told. She didn't feel that the arrhythmias that were picked up in the beginning were of real concern...she said the real concern was what showed up while she was sleeping. THIS is where the 'heart block' comes into play. She showed us the strip and I couldn't believe the difference in the readings. At night her heart rate is slowing down way too much and is occasionally missing beats, etc. It looked so weird. She said the good thing is you can tell when she was restless or awake, because things would go back to normal :uh Ok, I'm still freaked out. I really think this is why she's so restless at night and wakes so frequently, but the cardio seemed unsure about the connection :dunno

She said she has no idea what is causing the heart block and that it's very rare in the way it's happening with her. She doesn't feel the passing out was related to this in any way. She agreed with the first dr that it was her innocent heart murmur and her body being weakened by the virus she already had :uh Again, no reassurance to me as we've been told it could certainly happen again the next time she gets ill.

She said at this point the only thing she thought we could/should do is to place her on a 30 day event monitor. Depending on what that shows, she'll order further testing or see her 1-2 times a year for a repeat holter reading just to make sure nothing has changed or nothing new has developed.

Thanks to everyone for the P&PT :hug :adore