Echo update =)

I just got a call from the cardiologist I saw last month. I had been having some problems with a rapid heart rate after surgery on November 25th (links can be found here, here and here). I wasn't expecting a call so late in the evening (it's 7pm) (or during the holidays at all), so I was quite surprised when my mum handed me the phone and told me who was on the other end. Great news! Everything is fine =) The cardiologist said he was just looking at the ultrasound results and everything looked good. There is nothing structurally wrong with my heart. In his words: "You can put any concerns you had about your heart on the back-burner".  Hurray! We will probably never know exactly what caused the problems after surgery, although it was probably caused by some sort of combination of the surgery itself, the electrolyte imbalance issue after surgery, pain management problems and all the pain medication I was on. I am still really happy that the ER doctor I saw on December 2nd noted the high heart rate and sent me to the rapid assessment clinic, and that we got it checked out. Given everything else with the bone infection I had this year and now the external fixator, it is better to be safe than sorry. I still don't understand how the hospital doctors could justify discharging me after surgery without first trying to figure out what was causing the problem. A resting heart rate of 130 is just no okay to not be investigated. But at least it all ended well =)

Going to bed tonight a happy girl!