Well Miss Emalee has surprised us yet again.
On Thursday the 1st Emalee started not really wanting to eat as much and sleeping a little more than usual. I went a head and called the Doctor on Friday because I thought maybe she had thrush and that it was causing her to not want to eat. The doctor had me go see the lactation specialist at the hospital to make sure she was latching properly.
When we got to the hospital the nurse said that Emalee looked great and weighed in at 9.9 lbs (a 2 pound gain since her 2 week check up :-) ). And she has a cute little belly on her. I had noticed previously that she had some orange crystals in her diapers that was concerning to me because I knew she was dehydrated. They went ahead and diagnosed that I had thrush on me so they sent us to the Children's clinic to have Emalee evaluated.
The Doctor ran a CBC on her to make sure she didn't have an infection and did a thorough exam on her. He said that her right ear was questionable and put her on Amoxicillin Said if she gets worse to just take her straight to the ER and sent us home.
Emalee continued to not eat as much nurs
e less and sleep a lot more! So of course me, crazy and paranoid was asking everyone and anyone their opinion. Most everyone stated she was more than liking experiencing a growth spurt and that it was normal. In my mind I kept thinking something was wrong.
So I worked a 16 hr shift on Sunday and Miss Emalee was with Dad all day and only ate 3oz and slept all day. I called him a million times. :-).. When I got home she nursed for a little while but then slept through the night. I went back to work at 6am and could not stop thinking about why she was acting so strange, trying to convince myself nothing was wrong. I put in a call to the clinic to update them on how she was and the little amount of food she was eating. They finally called me back and said I should take her to the ER because the clinic was too busy to get her in.
I left work "sick" so I could take her myself. Me and Allan went to the ER and actually got in right away. The Dr. came in and said that she looked good but her heart sounded really loud. So they ran an EKG and did some xrays and ultrasound to insure her belly didnt have an obstruction and to monitor her heart. When they hooked her EKG up they noted she was in supra ventricular tachycardia. things started moving a lot faster and Denver Childrens cardiologist was called immediatly.
When the nurse inserted her iv in her head vein, Emalee cardio converted herself back into normal sinus rhythm. She had already began to look like a new baby. Her color was coming back, and they started her on IV fluids to rehydrate her. she started turning pink again and smiling and cueing as if nothing was wrong :-)
In the picture she is having an echocardiogram of her heart which they sent to Denvers Cardiologist. They decided to send her to Denver Via ambulance because her liver enzymes were elevated more than likely due to her being in SVT for so long. So we went for a ride :-)
After we got to Denver the doctor was really good at explaining everything to us. She has Wolff Parkinson White syndrome.
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a heart condition in which there is
an abnormal extra electrical pathway of the heart. The condition can
lead to episodes of rapid heart rate (
tachycardia).
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is one of the most common causes of fast heart rate disorders in infants and children.
He said that if she were to have a heart problem this is the best one to have :-) this put me at ease and I have felt better since! Since then they have repeated her Echo, xrays and labs. She started a beta blocker drug named propanolol to help reduce her heart rate and hopefully prevent a further episode of SVT. She needs to be monitored for the new medication which is a reason why we will be here till at least thursday.

She is still my beautiful baby and is a trooper through everything!! Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts!! We will keep an update on her progress and send cute pictures :-)