Happy Healthy Heart

So yesterday was the big trip to the pediactric cardiologist. When we got there the nurse stuck leads all over James for an EKG. He hadn't had that done since he was in the hospital in late December. Back then he wasn't mobile (understatement!), so this time he had to sit on my lap. This nurse had great skills and a clever little bouncy bee thing hanging from the ceiling which she used to distract James until she got a good reading/printout. She also took his blood pressure on his arm and leg. Again the bouncing bees were excellent assistants.

Next came the doctor. After chatting with us to get the background scoop, he took a peek at the echo reports. He had read the August echo and stated that he noticed an enlarged portion of the heart. Scary! He then took us across the hall for another echocardiogram which he himself would administer to find out what exactly was going on.

After James laid back onto the pillow, the doctor asked us if he'd prefer Elmo or Barney. We looked at him confusedly. "In the VCR," he says. "Oh, he doesn't really watch TV," Dan replies. "Oh. Well, does he have a pacifier?" "He doesn't really use those either." It was pretty funny. James, meanwhile, squirmed a bit (probably annoyed that we had delayed things with this discussion), so we agreed to Elmo. Well, James was much more interested in watching the screen of the echocardiogram than the one with the loud, red monster. Nice job. He also stayed very calm and still. Way to go! The doctor even remarked that he was quite impressed with how sweet James was. :-)

Now for the real news: there is NOTHING WRONG with his heart. No hole. No leaks. No enlarged anything. It is just a bit noisy (thus the murmur). YIPPEEEE!!!!!
As Dan said, "We always knew he had a good heart. Now we know it is healthy."