a day at the doctor

Hank had two appointments at Primary Children’s yesterday.  He met with his cardiologist Dr. Su (the man that saved his life) and his pulmonologist Dr. Asfour.  It made for a long day, but it’s a definite necessity. 

First stop is x-ray.  Cardiology orders an x-ray every appointment to check out Hank’s pacer leads.  They want to make sure they haven’t stretched too much and have the right placement on his heart.

 

Good news:  Everything looked great.  The pacer wire that seemed stretched from his last appointment was unchanged.  Whew. 

Next.  EKG.  How do you keep a 17 month old to hold still while having the conduction system of heart monitored you ask?  Bubbles.  Works every time (at least so far).  The worst part is taking the stickers off. 

Results are great.  No problems there. 

Then we wait for our pacemaker interrogation.  (I forgot to take pictures during the actual interrogation).  Drew helped a lot during this part.  He sang to Hank the entire time.  Trish, the EP who handles this asked if Drew would come work for her.  He did a great job. 

More good news:  Pacemaker battery will last 2.5 to 3 more years.  Heart rate was turned down to 80 from 100.  We are happy. 

Hank was a champ and is my hero.