October 2008 -- Echo Cardiogram

October 24, 2008 – 13 months

Today Nathan had an echo cardiogram done. We had planned on getting it done with his surgery planned in December. He has been showing some problematic symptoms lately so they wanted to do the echo before the surgery. He has been sweating a lot when he eats and also having some difficulty breathing. Good news. The whole in his heart is looking smaller. The cardiologist said that most likely, they will not have to do open heart surgery to close it. Also, there is a slightly better chance that it will close on its own. The anesthesiologist told me that Nathan’s airway is a little small for a child his age but then, so is he. This is something to keep in mind to tell the next anesthesiologist. He ended up having a bit of difficulty breathing and they had to give him a steroid. He was breathing well 3 hours later when they finally let us go home. That night, however, his breathing was labored and I ended up staying up most of the night with him.