Checkup with the cardiologist | Thursday, November 18, 2004 |
Today I went in to work to get some stuff done, then we left early to head over to Seattle to meet with Dr. Lewin, the cardiologist. We had lots of time to spare so we decided to check out the Silver Cloud Inn. It was a decent place, and really close to the hospital. The bad part is that the room that we liked happens to be the most expensive and $140+tax a night. We figured it out and for 30 days, it would be about $5k!!! That’s expensive. We’ll probably look into corporate housing again and see if we can save some money. It was good to finally see Dr. Lewin again, just to make sure everything is in order. We had to go down to the 3rd floor because they were having problems with the cooling system. On the way, we talked about Texas since he went to Baylor (Houston) for his fellowship. Our conversation went something like “Yeah, Houston weather is horrible, and the fire ants!” and he said “Yeah, there are some good things about it, but my son did get attacked by fire ants, they’re pretty aggressive down there!” We finally got to the room and did the ultrasound. The good news is that the babies were easier to see this time and he didn’t see anything new to be concerned about. He did say that having a baby with *only* dextrocardio and TGA is very rare, usually there are other major defects. That was a little concerning, and we’re prepared if there’s something else wrong. But he did say that he checked out the “usual” defects that accompany dextrocardia, and couldn’t see any of them, so he’s fairly certain it’s an isolated case. There is a 10 to 15% chance that they’ll find something else wrong with the heart once the baby is out. That’s not too bad. Everything is on schedule and we’ll see Dr. Lewin again once these babies are born. After our appointment, we saw my cousin Heidi, who works there and chatted with her a little. We went to Red Mill Burgers for dinner, we just couldn’t resist!