Cardiologist Visit

Here's a quick recap on why we went to the Cardiologist today

1st - when Lori was at the Emergency Room last week the ECG they did came back as "abnormal"
2nd - while there they also found out that Lori's heart rate really jumps up when she is standing.
3rd - Everytime Lori tries to do anything she gets dizzy and light headed.

The Doctor was very nice. She seemed to understand everything we were telling her based on the follow up questions she asked. She really listened and did a pretty good job of explaining everything to us. SO here are the results

The abnormal ECG was nothing to be concerned with. The variations from the previous one ( Jan 20 04) were not that great. While there was some differences detected it was nothing to be alarmed about or concerned with in the future.

As far as the increased heart rate and / or light headed there are a couple of things that could be causing it.
1. There is a chance, based on Lori's description of when they started happening, that Lori is in a constant state of dehydration. This could be a result of the Proteinuria that has been going on for almost 2 years now.
2. There could be some other cause similar to Neurocardiogenic syncope. Which is a "transient failure of the brain to adequately regulate the body's blood pressure and heart rate. Actually the "syncope" part means "fainting". While Lori has not fainted she has all of the other symptoms and characteristics.

What is next:
A chemically induced stress test is scheduled for this Friday.
Some blood work was requested including a test for Hyperthyroidism.
A Tilt Table Test will be completed on Sept 27th. This is done at the hospital - not in the Doctors' office so it takes some time to get scheduled. HERE is a great site if you are interested on finding out more about the tilt table test.

We return on October 4th (after all of the testing is completed). In the mean time it's the same stuff different day around here.