Got all of the result back from Makenzie's test. Yesterday she went in and had an EKG done to check if Dr. Everitt can trigger Kenzie's Brady Cardia by pushing on her chest but of course her heart rate stayed in the high 90's low 100's. So that test showed nothing then she had a X-ray done to measure her pectus to see if that is causing any breathing or her Brady Cardia. Then she got a Pulmonary test done which she was a little nervous and had to have Braxton try it first then she was ok with it. She liked blowing out the candles.
Now for the results....The Pulmonary results came back and showed that she has mild restrictive ventilator defect. Which they say that it is ok. doesn't sound like it but they are not worried.
The Holter Monitor results are The high was 162 the average heart rate was 92 and the low was 52. ok I can breath a little. Her pauses have improved meaning her heart rate had less pauses. But she had 8 premature ventricular contractions, which is a skipped beat but they say it is common in a lot of people even healthy people. They were not all in a row so they said not to be concerned. It also showed none of the signs of her Brady Cardia like she did on the echo last Thursday where it was all over the place.
Holar test which is the X-ray on her pectus the extreme is 5.5 and Kenzie is 4.7 which is high so they want her to see an pediatric general surgeon that deals with a lot of kids with pectus to see what he thinks about it and so he can follower her. The good news is that none of the test's show that her pectus is not affecting her breathing or heart.
But nothing explained why her heart was dipping low and bouncing back up. Maybe it was just a fluke. I feel a little bit better and can now take a deep breath, and continue to pray that she will stay healthy and strong and the Doctor's will do what they need to do to keep her healthy. Thank you for all the prayers for our little girl.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Scary Clinic Day
Today was clinic day another early morning but always worth it to no that Kenzie is doing ok. We got there at 7:30 A.m to get her blood drawn and what a mess that was. First the lab was closed on the first floor so we had to go to the after hour lab on the second floor. We waited for 5 min just for a phlebotomist to take us back down to the first floor to draw her blood. Then on top of that it took 1 phlebotomist 2 tries and didn't succeed. She then said she is going to page the I.V team but it was already 8 o'clock and she needed her meds. So I asked another phlebotomis to take a look and she did and got it on her first try. 8:25 a.m she finally got her meds.
She got an echo which I always watch her heart rate when she gets it done and this time I was nervous, at first she was doing well and her heart rate was staying in the 90's which I love to see then it dropped in the 80's and back to the 90's. And dropped to the 60's for a second and bounced back up to the 80's or 90's then dropped into the 40's and back up again. I know her heart rate lowers like that when she is asleep cause she is diagnosed with Brady cardia . But I have never seen it do that when she was awake on the echo her heart rate was always steady in the 90's except last month was 80's. But never low like that.
I asked Dr. Everit about it and she said that she was having lower heart rates and that they want to do some tests on her. They want to see if it is caused by her pectist which is how her chest indents in to see if it is putting pressure on her heart. So on Tuesday we get to go back to PCMC and get a few test done to see if they can get some information on what is going on. She has to get a pulmonary test and X-ray and an ECG
They also put a halter monitor on her and wanted to see if she can get her heart rate up like a normal 4 year. So they had me get her to run across the bridge that connects from PCMC to the U of U to get her heart rate pumping. She did not like that at all, so through out the day they wanted me to get her to do exercises.
Other than her low heart rate her echo looked fine her heart is functioning well. So I hope on Tuesday we can get some answers. Please keep her in your prayers that the Doctors can figure out what is going on with her heart and that she will stay healthy and her heart will keep functioning well. Thank you for all your prayers
She got an echo which I always watch her heart rate when she gets it done and this time I was nervous, at first she was doing well and her heart rate was staying in the 90's which I love to see then it dropped in the 80's and back to the 90's. And dropped to the 60's for a second and bounced back up to the 80's or 90's then dropped into the 40's and back up again. I know her heart rate lowers like that when she is asleep cause she is diagnosed with Brady cardia . But I have never seen it do that when she was awake on the echo her heart rate was always steady in the 90's except last month was 80's. But never low like that.
I asked Dr. Everit about it and she said that she was having lower heart rates and that they want to do some tests on her. They want to see if it is caused by her pectist which is how her chest indents in to see if it is putting pressure on her heart. So on Tuesday we get to go back to PCMC and get a few test done to see if they can get some information on what is going on. She has to get a pulmonary test and X-ray and an ECG
They also put a halter monitor on her and wanted to see if she can get her heart rate up like a normal 4 year. So they had me get her to run across the bridge that connects from PCMC to the U of U to get her heart rate pumping. She did not like that at all, so through out the day they wanted me to get her to do exercises.
Other than her low heart rate her echo looked fine her heart is functioning well. So I hope on Tuesday we can get some answers. Please keep her in your prayers that the Doctors can figure out what is going on with her heart and that she will stay healthy and her heart will keep functioning well. Thank you for all your prayers
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