not to us

He's cute, isn't he?  :)

Angelic, even.

And quite the character...

He's truly wonderful, until he turns blue in the face.  Then, it's a whole different story.

We had our appointment with Dr. Miller today, and she did Burke's regular 9-month Well-Check.  He's 27 inches long (10th %), 17.5 lbs. (5th %), and meeting most of his milestones.  Because of the fainting deal, they measured his oxygen saturation levels, and he was satting at 92%.  Then, she took it again, and it was 97%.

After she checked him over thoroughly and asked me about the fainting, she induced a breath-holding spell.  It was fun.  She gave him a tongue depressor, which he loved, then took it away.  Then, we strapped him in his carseat, which he hated.  THEN, the nurse gave him his 9-month immunizations.  That's three shots: two in the left thigh, and one in the right.  (I'm totally serious.  He was PISSED!)

With all of that information and seeing a spell for herself, Dr. Miller seemed to feel pretty confident that Burke is one of 5% of children who experiences breath-holding spells.  She gave us a lot of information about them, too.

Due to the fact that Burke's having the spells so frequently and the fact that he had some heart issues at birth, Dr. Miller felt more comfortable getting an EKG today to be sure it's nothing more serious.  She sent us straight from her office to the Urgent Care center.

When I walked into reception, I told the receptionist that we were there for an electrocardiogram.  She looked at me panicked and said, "We don't do those here."  I was confused, and I said, "I'm almost certain that Dr. Miller said to come to Greenbush Urgent Care to get an emergency EKG."

"Oh!  EKG's!  We do those here!!"

(For those who don't know, an electrocardiogram and an EKG are the same things!)

Needless to say, I was feeling very confident about the care we would be receiving.  :)

The test went well.  The results will be sent to Riley Cardiology to be read, and they should call Dr. Miller sometime tonight or tomorrow.  We'll know more then.

Everything looked fine, as far as I could tell.  I didn't see any of the weird rhythms Burke had while he was in the NICU.

So, that's about it.  Dr. Miller said not to treat Burke any different right now.  If he cries when we set him down, we're supposed to let him go ahead and cry.  That'll be hard for Mike, but Dr. Miller said that, if it's just breath-holding spells, then, as of now, it's completely involuntary.  However, Burke could learn how to manipulate the reflex in order to try to get his way.  So...right now we just don't treat him any different.

That's what we've got for now!  I hope you all are having a nice day!