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
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We will pray for her. I hope it's nothing serious and the tests come back fine but I'm sure that is beyond scary for you. Please keep me posted. **hugs**
ReplyDeleteSorry! I wish I could give you a *hug* right now. We love you guys so much. Of course Kenzinator is always in our prayers, but we will keep her even more so this week! Love you. I'm just a phone call away if you need to talk.
ReplyDeleteWe love you guys! I sure hope they are able to figure out why Makenzie's heart does that :( Prayers to you, now and always! Jenny Jones
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