Cardio Report - All Praise to God!

A Cardio Hooray!



Being silly with Dr. M



Dr. M checking out Janna's liver.



Thanks be to God for keeping your little heart in such good working condition! Janna, although your Mitral valve is not perfect, it's yours and we are thankful for that! We know that one day you may have an artificial valve but we'll continue to pray that you keep your valve forever. The Tricuspid side leak is mild and the Mitral side is leaking mild to moderate but Dr. M says you are doing great and tolerating the leak very well. Your heart function is great and there is no enlargemnet.



He was happy to see that you are still full of energy - boy, he just doesn't know how much energy you have! You really disliked the EKG - it's been a year since you had one of those.



And although we made it through the echo without sedation, it was probably the worse one ever. They just wanted to take pictures of your heart and i know that cold gel and camera probe is funny feeling but it surely doesn't hurt! The tech put a Barney video in for you and that helped tremendously as i fed you Kix cereal, held down your arms, and daddy danced a jig in the background to keep you calm. You didn't do that bad i guess, but you sure put up a fuss most of the time. I guess we'll have to start practicing at home like we do with the stethoscope. I'll have to think about what i can use for a cold gel. You really had fun pretending to doctor on daddy!



You did allow Dr. M to listen to your heart and lungs and press on your liver without much resistance. We are so thankful that he took you off of the Lasix - i can't remember you ever being Lasix-free except maybe a short time during your first year of life, prior to the 2nd heart surgery. He said he would increase your heart medicine in January if need be but he wants you off the diuretic - we are so HAPPPY about this!

To celebrate, we took you to Surf City after your appointment. And did you have fun! You loved the ocean and everything about it. You have no fear of the water or anything else for that matter so we had to stay close to you. Daddy bought you a boogie board and it didn't take you long to learn how to ride. Like father, like daughter! Daddy used to surf every day when he worked/lived in Wilmington. That has slowed down to hardly ever, but he sure did love seeing/helping you enjoy the beach.