Sydnee had her annual cardiology appointment on Aug 15. It is such a hard time for me. I'm always so stressed and worried, but can't act that way around the kids. Sydnee knows she has a special heart and that there is a hole in it, but she doesn't know what surgery is or that she may have to have it. So we play it off like it is no big deal for now.
Anyway, going in I was having a hard time being positive, because every time I have felt like there is nothing to worry about, we have gotten bad news, or had to have extra testing done because of possible bad news.
We ended up being at Primary Childrens for a LONG time. The echo took over an hour, because the doctor who was reading it wanted more pictures. It was difficult to sit that long and then the echo tech made a comment that really made things worse. But our cardiologist came in after with a big smile and said she was so pleased to tell us that the left side of Sydnee's heart is no longer enlarged. The hole is also smaller, which is probably because the heart is smaller. But just knowing the hole isn't putting the strain on her heart and causing it to enlarge is fantastic news! She said sometimes when they get into kindergarten or early grade school and the heart is enlarged they will want to do surgery to patch the hole. So we were about to that point, but now her heart is normal sized!
She still doesn't think the hole will close on it's own, but she said unless things change for the worse she will not have to have surgery. So her heart can stay the way it is now forever and she would be fine. We are so happy and thankful. We couldn't have asked for better news. And we don't have to even think about it for another year. Yay for Sydnee!
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