At about 2:30 in the morning Avalon had an episode of SVT. You can read about what that is here: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/tc/supraventricular-tachycardia-overview
Her heartrate went up to 323 at it's peak and they couldn't get it down for a while. They tried all kinds of stimulation things to get it down but nothing was working. Finally by putting ice packs on her they got it back into a normal rhythm. They then did an EKG and we are waiting for the results to be read by the cardiologist on that.
They are actually currently doing an ultrasound on her heart as well. Which they will send to a specialist at Primary Children's Hospital and we will hopefully get the results back tonight.
If she has another episode then she will be sent to Primary Children's. I hope and pray she doesn't have it happen again.
UPDATE
Avalon's heart ultrasound showed a small hole between the upper chambers called a pfo. They said it's very small and normally don't cause any problem at all and that it should heal just fine on its own as she develops and they don't expect it to cause any more problems especially because she hasn't had any more events since that one.
Just talked to the Cardiologist again. He said that he will give Avalon a pass on her SVT spell and won't start Beta Blockers unless it happens again.
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