Mar 3, 2009

Bear's Heart Update

For all you who want to know what is going on with Bear we went to the Cardiologist today to get an ECG and she found that his hole is smaller and that is a good sign it will close on his own. It is ok that he has an enlarged side of his heart due to the extra blood pushing through that side of his heart, but it won't cause irreversible damage up to age 5. So what does this mean? They will check his heart every year till it closes and if it doesn't close by age 5 maybe they will finally do something. It is normal for him to play hard and get tired easy because his heart has to work a little harder. As far as him being so tiny she suggested what we have planned after he is two and that is to go see an endroconologist and possible do growth hormones. Not exactly what I was hoping for but what can you do?