Heart Update

Paige had her appointment with the cardiologist yesterday at Pediatric Cardiology of Austin. In short, everything is fine. She had an EKG followed by an echo cardiogram. The EKG lasted less than a minute and didn't seem to bother her at all. I was amazed that the technician was able to fit all the stickers on her tiny body, though. The echo was a little more involved--twenty minutes more involved to be exact. Poor Paige, she had to lay as still as possible for twenty minutes while they took pictures of her heart from every angle. Luckily the people at PCA are amazing! They are set up perfectly to deal with infants and their facility is great. They lowered the lights while she was having the echo performed and had me lay on the table with her. Between the array of sparkly mobiles on the ceiling, the soft colored lights on the walls, and the flat screen playing Baby Einstein, Paige hardly moved a muscle during the exam. After all the tests Dr Wong saw us and reassured us that while Paige does have a murmur there's nothing mechanically wrong with her heart. The sound he heard from her heart during the exam is higher pitch than "textbook murmurs," but all her tests looked great. The murmur could go away on its own tomorrow or be around until she's a teenager. Either way, everything should be fine. It's just the news we were hoping for!