Teyla saw the pediatric cardiologist this morning for the strange sound her pediatrician heard back at her six-month appointment.Bottom line: Everything is healthy. Her heart is perfectly fine. The cardiologist attributed the swooshing noise to Teyla's heart stretching, due to uber-fast growth all babies experience the first 12 months.
To get to that diagnosis, Teyla underwent an echo cardiogram -- which was VERY unpopular since it meant she had to lay still on her back for 15 minutes. (You might remember -- this is a child that does not like to lay on her back.) She also had an EKG -- a 10-second test that required 10 minutes of prep work. (Try putting 12 small stickers on a baby's chest while she grabs for each one and/or your hair and/or the blood pressure machine next to you -- and then attach 12 tiny wires to each tiny sticker. It would be easier to give an octopus a manicure.)
But it was all worth it to see the cardiologist smile as she said, "Your beautiful little girl has nothing more than an innocent heart murmur."
Thank you all for your prayers, your e-mails, your words of encouragement. I'm daily amazed at the support and camaraderie I feel from all my "imaginary Internet friends."
And now, I have to go. I have a baby wrapped around my ankle, and she's desperate to get my toes in her mouth.
Which would introduce a whole different set of medical concerns.
