We got the results of the 24-hour holter monitor back and the
cardiologist noted that Izzy's average heart rate over the 24
hours, even sleeping was 107 beats per minute. That is too fast for
the doc, so Izzy is having her thyroid tested to see if it is
hyperactive. I don't believe that is the culprit because Izzy's
thyroid had been tested every couple of months for years and no
issues were noted, but we complied to be safe. We should know more
about that next week.
Izzy had a wonderful Christmas and New Year as did our entire family. She was sick at the beginning, but quickly got better after a couple of shots, lots of oral meds, and many, many breathing treatments. By Christmas Eve, she was pretty much better (Phin and myself, not so much.) None of the illness stopped the kids from having lots of fun!
Here in Michigan, we had a white Christmas, so the kids got to play in the snow as well!
New Year's Eve was just as fun! We did celebrate around 6pm, but the kids didn't care. They got to dance, yell, and make lots and lots of noise!
And on Izzy's last day of Christmas vacation (today), she had her MRI. We left the house at 6am and got home around 3:45pm. Izzy did really well. The only problem was nausea in recovery, but after a shot of zofran in the IV, all was good. Izzy downed a popsicle in a couple short minutes.
The doctor was still doing lots of calculations on the MRI to determine what exactly he saw. He was also redoing the calculations from the MRI conducted at Lucile Packard (Stanford) back in July 2010 so he can compare apples to apples. Unfortunately, the disc from Stanford crashed U of M's server yesterday, so he was still trying to access everything when we saw him.
Dr. Dorfman's words (after saying Izzy did well) was that "it was about what we were expecting." Dale and I don't know what that really means. He was also happily surprised by the quality of images he obtained considered the large amount of metal Izzy has inside. Again, we're not sure what that means because we don't know what his expectations were. He intends to get his report to Dr. Cutler this afternoon, but she is out of town until next week so we won't know anything until then.
The most important part was that Izzy went back well (under the influence of versed) and was not crying when we got to her in recovery. Her throat hurts from the ventilator and she has tape residue on her face and some sores from the stickers, but overall, Izzy is doing very well!
After leaving, we found a fabulous hole-in-the-law taco place with a large gluten free menu about 3 miles from the hospital. Izzy LOVED the guacamole. Dale even loved it and he is normally not a fan. The food was fabulous and we promised a return trip soon along with a trip to the Children's Museum.
On the way home, Izzy tried to watch "The Lorax" on the laptop in the car (we had to listen to the CD the entire way to the hospital). 3/4 of the way through, the movie died, so we had to listen to the CD again. Now, she is sitting on the couch at home, with her babies (Mickey, Lamby, and Bunny) enjoying the movie from the beginning again.
Since then, we've been enjoying
the holidays!
Izzy had a wonderful Christmas and New Year as did our entire family. She was sick at the beginning, but quickly got better after a couple of shots, lots of oral meds, and many, many breathing treatments. By Christmas Eve, she was pretty much better (Phin and myself, not so much.) None of the illness stopped the kids from having lots of fun!
Here in Michigan, we had a white Christmas, so the kids got to play in the snow as well!
New Year's Eve was just as fun! We did celebrate around 6pm, but the kids didn't care. They got to dance, yell, and make lots and lots of noise!
And on Izzy's last day of Christmas vacation (today), she had her MRI. We left the house at 6am and got home around 3:45pm. Izzy did really well. The only problem was nausea in recovery, but after a shot of zofran in the IV, all was good. Izzy downed a popsicle in a couple short minutes.
The doctor was still doing lots of calculations on the MRI to determine what exactly he saw. He was also redoing the calculations from the MRI conducted at Lucile Packard (Stanford) back in July 2010 so he can compare apples to apples. Unfortunately, the disc from Stanford crashed U of M's server yesterday, so he was still trying to access everything when we saw him.
Dr. Dorfman's words (after saying Izzy did well) was that "it was about what we were expecting." Dale and I don't know what that really means. He was also happily surprised by the quality of images he obtained considered the large amount of metal Izzy has inside. Again, we're not sure what that means because we don't know what his expectations were. He intends to get his report to Dr. Cutler this afternoon, but she is out of town until next week so we won't know anything until then.
The most important part was that Izzy went back well (under the influence of versed) and was not crying when we got to her in recovery. Her throat hurts from the ventilator and she has tape residue on her face and some sores from the stickers, but overall, Izzy is doing very well!
After leaving, we found a fabulous hole-in-the-law taco place with a large gluten free menu about 3 miles from the hospital. Izzy LOVED the guacamole. Dale even loved it and he is normally not a fan. The food was fabulous and we promised a return trip soon along with a trip to the Children's Museum.
Here is Izzy enjoying her tamale
and guac!
On the way home, Izzy tried to watch "The Lorax" on the laptop in the car (we had to listen to the CD the entire way to the hospital). 3/4 of the way through, the movie died, so we had to listen to the CD again. Now, she is sitting on the couch at home, with her babies (Mickey, Lamby, and Bunny) enjoying the movie from the beginning again.
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