As I've mentioned, at two weeks old, Kinsey's doctor noticed that her breathing was irregular at times and her chest/belly would rise and fall in a way that seemed abnormal. It didn't happen all the time and I couldn't determine if it was related to any certain time of day, fully belly, or any other pattern. The x-ray showed nothing and the doctor decided it must still be transitional breathing. Well, at one month old, she was still doing it. I called and made the doctor aware of that and she decided to make Kinsey an appointment with a cardiologist the very next day.
Poor lil' girl was hooked up to an EKG and then she had an echocardiogram. The doctor listened to her heart, her head, her back, and belly. He decided that she DID have exaggerated breathing, but it was NOT related to anything vascular. He checked for an enlarged heart, murmurs, all four chambers, valves, aorta...everything checked out fine. So that is excellent news, but still leaves us with the question of. "What is it then?" His recommendation was that if she is still doing this one month from now, then we need to see a pulmonologist for further testing. Since it doesn't seem to bother her, we're hoping she just grows out of this.
We did find out that baby girl now weighs 9 lbs and 11 ounces!!!
Wow... packin' on the pounds! I knew her face and belly looked thicker and that explains it! Glad that the health report is clear so far. And yes, maybe she will just develop her lungs more and even out on the breathing. Love you!
ReplyDeletereally sad to see her all hooked up...bet it was awful for you, too. Love Mom
ReplyDeleteyour sweet little girl is quite a trooper, bless her heart. and yours!
ReplyDeleteMan, you've been a bloggin' fool lately!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that everything is okay. Hopefully it won't ever be something to worry about.