MUSC Cardiology Visit

Yay!  Mary Clare had a great check-up yesterday with Dr. Forbus, her cardiologist at MUSC.  I was a bit nervous aobut the echo and EKG because it has been a while, and well, she is two and is completely acting like it these days.  First and foremost, her heart function looked great!  Whew!  Can you believe it has been a year since her last echo?  (I didn’t realize that and couldn’t believe it!)  Her EKG also looked great!   She sat very quietly through both the echo and EKG!  (I couldn’t believe that either.)  If you have ever had either you know what I mean.  She has to have about 15 “stickers” and wires placed on her chest and sit still and quiet for a few minutes (consecutive minutes) before a good reading, and it took no time for Miss Mary Clare.  Her echo went just as well.  She jumped up on the table in the dark room, allowed the ulrasound tech to apply jelly and “take pictures” for quite a while.  I was completely amazed.  I’ve never seen Mary Clare so content and quiet.

She charmed all of the nurses and doctors, as usual, and was a complete doll for her entire three hour visit.  She is up to 23 lbs and her O2 saturation levels were in the upper 80’s!  BP also looked great.  A “little blue,” but that seems to be typical for Mary Clare.  (Although, it was a bit difficult to read her fingernail color, as they typically do to get a good color check.  Mary Clare’s nail color just happened to be Double Decker Red, thanks to Aunt Kate.)

Since her heart function looks great, all we do now is wait.  She needs to be about 30 pounds for her next surgery, the Fontan, unless her oxygen levels begin to drop, in which case, they will operate sooner.  Her next appointment isn’t until December.   She will have another echo, EKG and blood work to check her blood gas levels.  What a relief to know that she is as healthy on the inside as she seems to be on the outside!   Now Mary Clare and I can focus on more important matters, like a Tutu for 2 birthday party this weekend!  We have plenty of pink princess tutu’s and sparkle rice krispy treat wands to make!

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