Last week's good (and not so good) times part 2

So at Ava's 1 year well baby check- her doctor discovered a heart murmur. We had to take Ava to Primary Children's twice to get different heart exams done to find out what might be causing the murmur. The first time, she had to have just an EKG done and she hated it- she was pretty freaked out by the wired and stuff. The cardiologist could still hear the murmur so they wanted us to bring her back up to get an Echocardiogram done (which is just an ultrasound of the heart). In order to get good pictures Ava had to stay perfecctly still and the only way to accomplish that was to sedate her. It was a pretty scary experience for us- especially because we were in the from start to finish. Because this blog is also Ava's scrapbook- I am going to post some pictures from the ordeal. The good news is that the Echo was normal and so Ava doesn't have anything wrong with her heart. Hooray!

Waiting for the nurse to come in

After the placement of her IV (she wasn't too happy of course, but I thought if would be way worse!)

Still not quite sure about the whole thing

So with Ava there is always some kind of comedy. Here is the comedy: so during the half hour procedure they gave Ava sedation medicine so that she would stay asleep. After the radiology tech finished (and Ava was starting to move a little) they like to keep them under until the doctor looks at the films to make sure they don't need more pictures. Well, Ava is obviously not a very easy sedater because they had given her the maximum dose that they felt comfortable with and the dose that most kids will sleep for a few hours with, but Ava woke up about 40 minutes after they gave it to her. On the way up to post op to "wait for her to come out of the sedation" she was rolling around on the bed, talking to the nurses, and pointing to her vital signs on the monitor she was hooked up to. It was seriously super hilarious!

For any of you who have had the misfortune of having your child under anaesthesia- you know how crazy they are when they come out of it. It took about an hour for her to be able to walk straight and to act normal again. This is her pointing at something random....

Here she is mostly back to normal again. Thanks goodness.



We feel so blessed that the procedure went well and that the results were normal. It was not something we want to have Ava go through again for a very long time- preferably not until she needs her wisdom teeth out!