Cardiologist Appointment
Today was the day for Amy's cardiologist appointment at 7:50 am. Yep, Amy even made it on time and was wide awake!! ;)!
Amy was asked a ton of questions by the nurse prior to seeing the doctor, but...thats not unusual. So the doctor had a pretty good history of what Amy was feeling, including heart palpitations, sharp pains in the heart area and a feeling of her heart being squeezed. This went along with the frequency and duration of her events. A quick EKG was done for the doctor.
Now for the doctor as he eventually got into the room... First appointment of the day and it still took him some time. Well, okay, I'll give him a break on this one since today was the first time he saw Amy's charts as she was the delivery person. The doctor was very nice and of course asked more questions. He noted that the EKG was fine and her heart rate was a little elevated (blood pressure was fine). He did the normal checks and didn't really say much as I am sure he is just waiting to assess everything before he says anything. He did say that the pregnant patients he sees generally don't have any heart issues, we are hoping that this is the case for us as well.
Amy is now wearing a patient activated heart monitor for two weeks and for at least six hours per day. Basically, Amy is to press a button when she feels an event so that the device records the heart activity just prior to the button being pushed and a short period after. In addition to this, she will be having an echocardiogram done in a couple of weeks and we will be seeing the doctor again and getting the results of the "Amy Experiment". Yes, Amy is once again feeling like a science project. She jokes about it, but I think at times it does get her down a bit. She has been a real trooper with everything going on. The more information we get, the more comfortable she feels. Bottom line is that being a science experiment to gain more knowledge has been keeping her mind at ease.
So, keep your fingers crossed so that the results come back okay in a couple of weeks and we'll let you know what happened/is happening when we find out.
Amy was asked a ton of questions by the nurse prior to seeing the doctor, but...thats not unusual. So the doctor had a pretty good history of what Amy was feeling, including heart palpitations, sharp pains in the heart area and a feeling of her heart being squeezed. This went along with the frequency and duration of her events. A quick EKG was done for the doctor.
Now for the doctor as he eventually got into the room... First appointment of the day and it still took him some time. Well, okay, I'll give him a break on this one since today was the first time he saw Amy's charts as she was the delivery person. The doctor was very nice and of course asked more questions. He noted that the EKG was fine and her heart rate was a little elevated (blood pressure was fine). He did the normal checks and didn't really say much as I am sure he is just waiting to assess everything before he says anything. He did say that the pregnant patients he sees generally don't have any heart issues, we are hoping that this is the case for us as well.
Amy is now wearing a patient activated heart monitor for two weeks and for at least six hours per day. Basically, Amy is to press a button when she feels an event so that the device records the heart activity just prior to the button being pushed and a short period after. In addition to this, she will be having an echocardiogram done in a couple of weeks and we will be seeing the doctor again and getting the results of the "Amy Experiment". Yes, Amy is once again feeling like a science project. She jokes about it, but I think at times it does get her down a bit. She has been a real trooper with everything going on. The more information we get, the more comfortable she feels. Bottom line is that being a science experiment to gain more knowledge has been keeping her mind at ease.
So, keep your fingers crossed so that the results come back okay in a couple of weeks and we'll let you know what happened/is happening when we find out.
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