Heart Tests

Starting in March, Logan felt something in his heart that concerned him; it felt like it was skipping beats. When it didn't go away after a while, we went to the doctor.  The doctor didn't seem too concerned (after questioning him a bit to make sure he wasn't doing drugs!), but suggested we do an EKG to make sure. The EKG showed some irregularities, which put us on the path of lots of appointments, tests, and specialists. He wore a heart monitor for two weeks:

He had an ultrasound of his heart:

And he had a stress test.

The ultrasound and stress test he passed with flying colors, but the EKGs and heart monitor do show consistent irregularities. The pediatric cardiologist thinks it is a conduction thing that sometimes they see in elite athletes, where the two parts of the heart seem to work separately from each other for a few beats. They don't really know why it happens, but they see it often enough to not be concerned.

He recommended one more specialist who officially diagnosed him with 2:1 Heart Block, which is where the electrical impulses from the two chambers of the heart are delayed or blocked. Logan can feel it happening daily, though it is less frequent than it used to be. The only treatment is a pacemaker, but because it never happens when he is working hard, and it has never caused dizziness or blackouts, the doctor isn't overly concerned and does not recommend that course of treatment (yet). They want us to have him wear the heart monitor yearly, and Logan's main concern is that they may not want him to skydive (something he plans to do when he turns 18). It's been quite the journey, and though I wish we'd been told it was nothing at all, I guess this is ok too.