Its hard to believe that its been a year since my last blog update. So here you go...June 29, 2011 Taylor had an appointment with Dr. Fricker just for a check up. Here lately Taylor's thumping has been more frequent and sometimes the thumps are harder than normal so needless to say I'm glad she had her appointment.We got to see our favorite Medtronic Rep Cheryl and while she was visiting us she took a peak at Taylor's pacemaker. Taylor's pacemaker is doing pretty good and she has about a year left on the battery but overall things looked good. She also said that she really doesn't understand why Taylor is still thumping. That's my kid keeping the doctors on their toes.
Dr. Fricker came in and took a peak at Taylor records and listened to her heart. As he was talking to me about Taylor's thumping and how it would be a year until she had a pacemaker change, Taylor told him that the thumping needed to stop NOW. He wasn't expecting that out of her but she has had enough.
When I got home I made sure that she understood that changing out her pacemaker and making the thumping stop was surgery and that meant needles and pain. She didn't care. She wants it to stop ASAP. Then I told her that once she had surgery it would be 6 weeks before she could go swimming and that broke her heart. REALLY??? Needles and pain your ok with but no swimming for 6 weeks makes you cry? That's my crazy kid! So even though she wants it planned for during the school year, sneaky little kid, I told her we would try to schedule it for August so she could enjoy the month of July and some fun in the sun.
Currently I'm still waiting to hear back from Dr. Fricker about the surgery but once it is set I will give an update so prayers can be said.
