Tuesday, February 20, 2007


We had a little scare for the second time over the weekend. Turns out that due to decreased oxygen capacity which derives from the pulmonary stenosis, Carissa has breath holding spells. She took a spill on Sunday and bumped her little head which in turn startled her. She starts in one of those cries that you have to blow in their face to get them out of but she never comes out of it. She continues to scream until she runs herself out of breath and then goes limp and passes out due to lack of oxygen. Once she passes out her involuntary reflexes take over and she begins to breath normally again. This is a very scary thing to witness because her eyes never close, her lips turn blue and she goes completely limp. The doc's say that she'll grow out of it when she gets a little more control over her reactions but until then continue to call paramedics "just in case" she doesn't start breathing again right away. We go on the 30th of march to have an MRI of her heart so they can better determine treatment for her stenosis. They want to get a better picture of what they are dealing with. Hopefully we won't have any more spells and the MRI will show good things. I will update everyone a little later.