Big A's Nails And EKG Results

Because I've been asked by my loyal followers (who knew I had so many... I sure didn't!)...


Big A's doctor called yesterday with his EKG results and they were NORMAL! PERFECTLY NORMAL! She DID say that the EKG could show something different at a time when he was actually complaining of pain/discomfort/strange feelings (however he describes it at that particular moment) but she's not concerned at this point.


What's next? She wants to keep an eye on him of course, and next time it happens she wants us to check his pulse to be sure that his heart isn't racing. If it is, we'll go from there. If it's not, we'll continue to keep an eye on him. (Because I know Grandma will ask, yes, I've been documenting all of the 'episodes'. You've taught me well!)

Today we took Big A to his dermatology appointment to have the nail issue checked out. I don't think I really went into that much detail about his nails in my last post, but basically Big A has two fingernails and two toenails where the nails have started lifting up and new nails are growing underneath for no apparent reason. The pediatrician ruled out fungus (because there was no 'squishy' stuff under the nails), trauma to the finger (because it's four nails and not one), twenty nail dystrophy (again... four nails) and some other things, but couldn't pinpoint the cause so she referred us to a dermatologist.

The dermatologist's first question was whether Big A had been seriously ill or had a high fever within the past three months. We said no but told him that he'd had a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in July. That was all we needed to say. That was it. Surgery = Trauma to the body = A disruption in nail growth = A new nail grows in. (Please note... The pediatrician asked us the same questions but ruled this out as a cause because it had been too long ago. The dermatologist said that it had been a little long, but that Big A's nails may just grow a little slower and that by a 8 months from now we'll never even know it had happened.) Apparently this is common enough that they are aware of it and could diagnose it, but uncommon enough that the dermatologist went to get a colleague to come look at it too. That's our boy! Presenting the doctors with challenges that are interesting enough to have multiple doctors look at them!

Anyhow... All is well for the time being... Let's hope that we're all finished with both of these things and now we wait with bated breath to see what challenge Big A presents us with next!

Thanks for all of your prayers!