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Today was our big appointment with the pediatric cardiologist. Last night was the worst night I’ve had in a long time and all day I’ve had an upset stomach. As my son an I laid on the couch this morn before getting ready for the doctor, I held him close and prayed, “Please Lord, give us answers but please don’t make them bad!” Haha…I was told a long time ago to be specific! Never before have I been as scared as I have this week, and my body feels the stress.
When we arrived at the doctor’s office, there was another young boy there (6 years old) and I heard him say he was tired of doctors. It made my heart ache. Then it was our turn. We didn’t have to wait long at all…very different for a doctor’s office, let alone a specialist. That was good though, I didn’t think I could wait any longer.
When the doctor came in, he was not as easy to talk to as I had hoped. He didn’t seem all that interested in my son…in fact, I really felt like he thought I was over reacting. The whole time I kept thinking…we’re going to need a second opinion if surgery is needed because this guy isn’t going to do it! He asked a lot of questions…tried asking my son, but he is really quiet anyway and has been unusually quiet these past few days so I knew he wasn’t going to answer if he didn’t have to. The doctor listened to his heart, took his blood pressure, and then did another EKG. This time the EKG showed nothing according to the doctor. So he isn’t too concerned. When he said that all that ran through my head was, “wait a darn minute! I have done a few science experiments in my days and you don’t just test twice and come up with different answers and then just pick which answer you like more. If that were the case, then taking tests in school should have been so much easier, because it’s just about the outcome we like better not about the right answer.” Then he continued…with his back to us I may add…that he is going to have to get approval for an echocardiogram (basically a sonogram of the heart while also being hooked up to the EKG machine…according to internet) and walks out of the room. He was back before we knew it and apparently he was checking something because he said we had approval for the echocardiogram because he told us we could schedule it for this Friday if we could and there was an available appointment. Then he talks about a 24 hour heart monitor that we could do and that would need insurance approval…but then gives us some mumble about how the machine is $2500 and if a kid bumps him and it falls and breaks the insurance won’t cover it. I said, “then we’ll keep him home that day.” But HELLO…I still want it done. My 9 year old is having chest pain daily at least 2 times and up to 9 times…so we talked about the machine some more. My husband and I told him we were concerned because when we listen to his heart with our ears to his chest we hear something very different than when we listen to our daughters. His doesn’t sound right…sometimes the beat changes a bit…speeds up or slows down…so the doctor says, “well we don’t have to do the monitor.” Um HELLO AGAIN…we want to cover ALL bases…we explained that we’d like to do it and we’ll take care of the machine.
The doctor ultimately isn’t concerned (just like the first time), but is running the extra tests to see what is going on for sure. We’ll have more answers on Friday I hope and hopefully the monitor will come through by then.
In the meantime, my son is thrilled that the doctor said he could resume activity. When we got home he ran around the driveway around and around the cars, played on his skateboard and scooter, and threw the football around with daddy despite the rain starting to fall…we just let him for a bit after the week he’s had.
So, I have a lot of questions but am waiting to see what the echocardiogram will say before jumping the gun.
Thank you all for your prayers and please keep them coming. God is Good and He DOES Heal. I believe that, but need to be sure there isn’t something weird happening.
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