Well, that was traumatic.

The good news is that his murmur appears to simply be an innocent murmur. It will be monitored by his pediatrician but otherwise, we're free and clear.

But the appointment was awful! We go into a completely barren room except for the exam table, two black folding chairs, and a trash can. Nothing on the walls and it felt like a coffin. I was getting really claustrophobic.

So the nurse says they have to redo his EKG (we did one at the hospital already), but no biggie. Carter didn't cry AT ALL when we did it at the hospital, probably because the tech there was super sweet and awesome with him, not to mention he could sit on my lap. Well today, they made him lie down on the table to do the test...he started screaming the second we had laid him down :( I had to blow in his face and try to bribe him with suckers.

Then the doctor came in, he cried, etc. She said she thinks it's an innocent murmur but wants an echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) to be sure his anatomy is just fine, then we can go. So we go into another room with the u/s machine, and again, we have to lay him down...and again, he SCREAMS. So she's trying to distract him, but I couldn't really get to him and he continues to just wail and cry. Finally the doctor says that if he doesn't stop crying, she was going to have to SEDATE him with medication! I said, Oh no!! So I moved around so I could be by his face and just kept talking to him and blowing in his face to cool him off, and telling him stories and he FINALLY calmed down for five minutes so she got the pics she needed. Thank goodness!

And the good news is that it was all normal and we are done with the cardiologist! She did say the murmur will probably get louder/quieter depending on when he's sick, etc...but for the most part, he should grow out of it and it's not a big deal. :)

All I know is that I'm glad it's over with!