Monday, May 9, 2011
What an awesome doctor!
Carter -
What a totally great cardiologist you have. He teaches as the med school here, and gave probably the most thorough and clear explanation I've ever heard from a medical professional!
The status is that you've got a small VSD or Ventricular Septal Defect and also a small PFO or Patent Formane Ovale. The PFO is no biggie and totally expected at this age (see previous post for explanation). The VSD is also probably not a huge deal, but something we'll keep an eye on over the next months and years.
The doctor said 1-5% of kids have a VSD, and most grow out of it. Many olympic althelets have worse defects, and in the event that it doesn't fix itself, the worse consequence is probably going to be no tounge piercings (too bad!) and some doctors think no SCUBA diving.
I'm going to update with lots more detail about what the doctor explained to us about these two issues, but typing with thumbs is too tough for now.
Love,
Dad
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I hope I don't have the 2nd one. I got my tongue pierced and went scuba diving. No one warned me! Glad Max is doing ok. He looks so good in his car seat!
ReplyDeleteAll of these names are confusing me (and probably him too)! When you don't say "not really" I keep thinking it's the real name.
ReplyDeleteYeah it probably won't be Carter, I can tell you that much. :) We'll try to remember the (not really) thing - good point! ;)
ReplyDeleteTonight I plan to wait for Ginger to fall asleep, then call the hospital and tell them we decided on 'William.' I'll let you know how it goes.
Haha! Keep me posted. :)
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