Addleyʻs Update

Today I took Addley to her cardiology appointment to have the EKG and echo performed that "should" have been done during her hospital admission.  She was of course traumatized by it all and the doctor was upfront in saying that typically children that age cannot undergo an echo without sedation.  I explained to him the miscommunication that happened and said I wanted to try, since I did not (and do not) want to undergo another sedation unless absolutely necessary.  Turns out the EKG was more difficult than the echo as she kept pulling all the wires off of her.  Once I held her arms tight enough she started using her feet to remove them...what a stinker.  For the echo I just held her and he scanned her easily.  She cried the whole time but I think she was sufficiently worn out and just wanted the whole thing to be over.  Poor thing whimpered and whimpered.  The good news is that everything looks great.  A perfectly healthy heart!  Relief.  So that leaves us with a follow up appointment Sept 8th with the neurologist who will likely say to monitor episodes and that this is just something she'll grow out of.  As YaYa recently told me (and yaya's know quite a bit of stuff)...."she's just another drama queen".