Cardiology

Yesterday Cub2 had an appointment with the Pediatric Cardiology Dept. First he had an echocardiogram.. I was worried because it turned out that it was time for him to eat right at the beginning of his appointment. He did great though, either laying there or dozing during most of the appointment.

After the echocardiogram he had an EKG. Then we got to meet with the Cardiologist. It was all good news except for one small thing. The Blood Vessel going into the Aorta is a little big. They don’t know if that is because Cub2 is a little small and the vessel is the right size for his age, or if the vessel is a little big. There are other syndromes where this is common, but not Deletion 22. We have to take him back in 3 years to have him checked. They will look to see if it is growing at a normal rate or a rapid rate.

I hope that I got this right since I’m not a science person or a doctor person.

When they put the stickers on him for the EKG there were so many stickers that you could hardly see our little Cub. Then when he was hooked up for the EKG he looked like a little robot!

-Zookeeper 2