How serious is an enlarged heart?

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (Kamadzea) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:00:19 GMT

Any updates? I hope that it ended up being something that wasn't very serious.

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (shortcakexo) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:18:26 GMT

Olivia725 wrote:
Does he feel like playing games or doing word searches. Maybe something that you and your sister can play with him and some stuff he can do alone to keep him occupied. Maybe some word searches or those small hand held games or something.

I actually went and made him a little care basket yesterday. I put in a doodling pad with colored pencils (he loooves to draw), a tabletop baseball game since he...

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (PuraVidaPanama) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:15:26 GMT

Sounds like he is trying to be brave about it:)

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (Olivia725) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:14:50 GMT

AWW, that is adorable!! Sending thought and prayers his way. Stay strong. He is probably afraid, worried and then laying around is probably driving him nuts.

Does he feel like playing games or doing word searches. Maybe something that you and your sister can play with him and some stuff he can do alone to keep him occupied. Maybe some word searches or those small hand held games or something.

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (shortcakexo) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:13:40 GMT

The first few hours he was at the hospital he was mad that he was missing his baseball tournament this weekend and said he wished he never went to the doctor for his ear infection, but I think he's started to realize it's more serious. Later on in the first night of being there he started crying pretty bad. Yesterday he seemed a lot better, he was happy that he's been getting so many concerned phone calls/visits/presents etc, and he's also got a laptop there with him so he...

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (PuraVidaPanama) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:08:40 GMT

How is your brother taking all of this?

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (shortcakexo) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:06:12 GMT

This is a picture of him and my little niece, who has a big crush on him This is my fave pic:

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (PuraVidaPanama) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:50:28 GMT

Keep being strong for your family. Be grateful that his first pediatrician was smart enough to pick it up and not dismiss it as something insignificant.

Keep us updated

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (shortcakexo) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:48:06 GMT

OK, more of an update if anyone is interested: He had an MRI done this morning and my parents still haven't heard much from the doctors, but they did tell them that they have pretty much ruled out that its a viral infection. It's looking more like it could be fibrosis/scar tissue, and I'm not sure how much more serious that is. Apparently each valve of the heart pumps out 50% of the body's blood, and one side is only pumping out 20%... I could have that wrong, but I believe...

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (Christine81) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:15:12 GMT

Weird, but not too long ago I was watching an episode of Dr. G on discovery health and this girl who died at Typhoon Lagoon, a water park in Orlando, had the same problem. She had myocarditis and it was found to be caused by a virus. Her name was Jerra Kirby

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (SwanGeese) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:09:57 GMT

My great-grandfather had an enlarged heart from a childhood illness. He lived into his sixties, but died early of alcoholism.

He was bleeding in his esophagus and the doctors couldn't operate because of his enlarged heart. Of course he died a long time ago and things are likely different now.

Plus the fact that your brother is fit works in his favor. I hope everything works out for the best for both him and your family.

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (Kamadzea) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:04:06 GMT

I have a friend that has it, and she can lead a normal life, she is on everyday medication and has to follow a low fat diet, she also has to keep her cholesterol and blood pressure in check, but her condition was caught in time and is not life threatening as long as she keeps taking her medication.
I don't want to give you false hope , but the fact that your doctor's brother only noticed the condition now seems to indicate that he doesn't have the serious/life threatning type...

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (Lilpeach85) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:03:22 GMT

Yeah he is better. Like I said he still goes to the cardiologists for check ups and he has to wear the halt monitor or however you spell it every now and then. He still has circulatory problems though, but not as bad as before. Now he just can't stay in the pool for very long at a time and his hands and feet get purply a lot. But he has a good team of doctors treating him and that counts for a lot.

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (shortcakexo) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:00:53 GMT

Aww Is he better now, or are they able to at least treat it so he doesn't have to be in the hospital all the time?

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (Lilpeach85) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:58:05 GMT

Just have faith and try to stay strong. I really know how it goes, my little brother seemed to live in the hospital when he was a kid. He's also got faulty vavles which cuts off blood circulation and he used to turn blueish grey.

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (shortcakexo) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:57:27 GMT

Kamadzea wrote:
If they moved him to a less serious side of the unit then that's a good sign, and some enlarged heart conditions can be reversed and disapear completly with the proper medication

Oops I meant that they moved him to pediatric ICU but the not so critical care/less serious part because they wanted...

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (Jenna1983) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:56:44 GMT

Best of luck to him.

I have a friend who plays hockey for a living and he has an enlarged heart. He only found out four years ago at 29. He just has to be careful now while playing!

Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (shortcakexo) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:54:48 GMT

Oops sorry I wasn't ignoring everyone, when I had my reply up TashaNoNo was the last response!

He's 12 and I'm 21... we also have a sister who is 14. Unfortunately it's more than just an irregular heartbeat, part of his heart is enlarged and they think that a virus may be causing it. I'm trying to be positive because they did catch it early (they think), so I'm hoping the tests will come out to show that it's not as serious as its seeming right now.
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Re: How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (Kamadzea) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:52:51 GMT

If they moved him to a less serious side of the unit then that's a good sign, and some enlarged heart conditions can be reversed and disapear completly with the proper medication

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feeds@yuku.com (shortcakexo) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:49:35 GMT

Thank you so much <3 My family and I really appreciate all of your good thoughts. His entire baseball team had a group prayer last night, all of his little friends are so upset. Some of them are driving the 45 minutes to go and visit him tonight, and I know it's bringing up his spirits some after being stuck in the bed all day.

How serious is an enlarged heart?

feeds@yuku.com (shortcakexo) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:30:06 GMT

There's a long medical term for exactly what it is, but I think that's the general problem.... with an irregular heart beat. Does anyone have any experience with this at all?

My 12 year old brother is going to be in the hospital from tonight through at least the weekend for testing and observation and apparently it could be something very serious. My family is a wreck.