This is the journey through our daughter’s Congenital Heart Defect and eventual heart transplant. When you “decide” to go down the transplant route as it is called there are certain things you find out after you sign on the dotted line.
Went back into Children’s Hospital for another echo. Paul and I had spent the two weeks preparing for this appointment. Dr. Lewin did our echo and had a perinatologist from UW hospital sit in also. He discovered that she had, indeed, spontaneously changed heart rhythms (again) and no longer had the complete atrioventricular block but […]
Went in for my OB visit. The heart rate came up as 68 beats per minute.
I received my amniocentises results showing no genetic abnormalities at all. Apparently, Zoe’s only problem is her heart.
Another echo at Children’s. Dr. Lewin discovered she had flipped into another heart rhythm issue. However, this one was called a complete atrioventricular block and is considered dangerous. This heart rhythm has no correlation between the atrial and ventricular electrical activities. Not good. He also discovered some mild valve leakage and some fluid around her […]
I went in for another ultrasound to check her growth. The ultrasound doctor was able to identify that she had a normal heart rhythm again. Her growth was also right on scedule. I also had my amniocentesis at the same visit to determine whether there were other genetic issues going on with her.