Eli's EKG Review

Well yesterday Eli had his second EKG within the week. Everything is looking pretty good. Last week when he had the EKG he also had a high fever, which made his heart beat close to 140 beats per minute. An EKG is very VERY sensitive to every beat, pulse, and rhythm. So his rapid heart beat probably caused some irregular heart rhythms, or made the EKG think that there was some irregular heart rhythms. Yesterday Eli's heart beat was around 117 beats per minute, and the heart rhythm seems perfectly normal... 

Another note, love being able to see a pediatric cardiologist that is just down the street! When we lived in Rexburg all our heart appointments were in Salt Lake City... 3 1/2 hours away. The cardiologist here is wonderful and has a great communication system with Primary Children's Medical Center (SLC), including a great professional relationship with Eli's surgeon there. All of the procedures will still be held at Primary Children's, but Boise will be able to meet the day to day needs. 

The cardiologist was pretty interested in the fever. (Remember this post?) We told her the symptoms, which was 4 days of high fever easily controlled on Tylenol, then a prickly rash over the neck and chest. She determined that it was probably Roseola. That seems spot on. Click HERE to see full details of Roseola.