Clinic Appt. w/ Dr. Judd #2

Today was Tate's 2nd cardio. appt. w/ Dr. Judd. I took him alone this time because they scheduled the appt. for when Ryan was at work. We only had to wait about 15 minutes to see the Dr., whereas last time it took over an hour, so that was nice. They did the EKG again and then the Dr. came in.

Tate was mad about the nurse pulling the stickers from the EKG off of him and it took awhile to calm him down, like ten minutes--then the Dr. was finally able to listen to him. She listened and listened and listened, and she felt for his pulses in his hands and feet. She said by the sound of the murmur now the hole sounds smaller. She said its still a pretty significant size at this point, but that it is closing like its suppose to. She said that since Tate's sweating sometimes when he eats its to be expected b/c of the size of the hole he has. She'd only be concerned if it was during every feeding, which actually it was only randomly and the last time it happened was weeks ago, so I think we're good there. She said the EKG showed that his heart is normal size and he had normal rhythms, and he had good pulses in his hands and feet--all good things. I asked her if holes the size of his (7.5mm) ever close all the way on their own and she said "oh yeah! all the time... most of them, 95%!" So that makes me feel really good. She again said most close by the time they're 5 years old, some take 15 years to close. Tate goes back to see her again in 4 months, of course we'll be hoping for some more good news and reassurance that he's going to be just fine! Thanks everyone for the prayers and thoughts on Tate's behave! I know they're working to help heal his heart!