Technical medical jargon!

We received a letter at the weekend from Glenfield hospital. It is a summary of the appointment he had in November. I can't believe it has taken this long for us to receive it!

It goes something like this...
"On examination he looked well, pink and no breathlessness and no respiratory distress. He was well perfused. Cardiovascular examination revealed normal 1st and 2nd heart sounds with no murmur. It was very difficult to feel femorals and they were weak.


Echocardiogram showed pulsatile abdominal aorta with good biventricular function with mild LVH. Flow acceleration noted across the mitral valve. Distal aorta vmax of 3m/s which is the same as before with no diastolic decay..."


This letter was sent to our GP and a copy sent to us and the paediatrician at QMC that scanned Freddie's heart.
I understand that this is a formal letter and the facts have to be stated but I find it very annoying that it did not arrive till two months after Freddie's appointment and also that we weren't given any of this information when we were there.
At the appointment Freddie had his scans and then when we saw the doctor he basically just told us that they were happy not to see him for three months. None of the details of his scan were actually explained to us.

We are planning on taking the letter with us to Freddie's appointment at the City Hospital next month to go through the information with the paediatrician.
In the mean time through the power of google we have attempted to decipher the information provided and are quite satisfied that there is nothing in it to panic about.

I am now eager for his next Glenfield appointment to come around so we can confirm that his heart is doing everything it should.


Freddie looks fab. Its very obvious to see how fast he's growing at the moment. Not just in weight but in length too. He has been a little grumpy over the last couple of days but I think its because we have been out and about a bit which has meant he's missed out on his big nap! He's guzzling his milk down and smiling and giggling when he's happy.
We took him and Samuel to Eureka, the children's museum in Yorkshire. It was lots of fun and Freddie loved looking at all of the lights.

Will post some more pics soon

xx