EireCara
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HI All, Last Friday my 15yr old son passed out right in front of me. We were sitting at the kitchen table having a ''slightly heated discussion''...just the parent trying to advise a 15yr old type of discussion. He didnt like what I was saying, but he wasnt saying much in reply (which I noticed, as he is usually very articulate and able to discuss stuff) when he started crying I ''knew'' something was up. Anway, after about 5 minutes he passed out, eyes rolled back and his head was jerking a bit. He was unresponsive for about 30 seconds. When he came to he said his heart was racing and he had chest pain. When I felt his chest his heart was well and truly racing...I couldnt count it, it was soo fast. Anway off to A&E where they 'eventually' put a monitor on and admitted him. Between 4am and 9am it recorded two episodes of 'shoel bursts of junctional rhythm' and 1 episode of tachycardia.
They gave him a prescription for a beta blocker and off home we went a few hours later. *Yesterday (monday) he had an echo done (cardio said it was normal, so I said do you mean ''absolutely normal'' and he said ''well 3valves are leaking but its ''mild'')and thismorning we went to see a cardio.....he said we should go home and STOP the beta blocker and he would organise an 'event monitor'....SOMETIME AFTER XMAS....WHAT...I said, ''what do we do in the meantime''...cardio said, ''feel free to come back to the hospital any time'' . *Im totally freaked out..my son is depressed...his life has changed overnight, and now we are just waiting for ''it'' to happen again.Im frightened to leave him alone. Thomas, has explained to me that he feels his heartrate go up for ''everything'' so somedays he chooses not to speak to ANYONE so that way he cant get into any kind of situation that can set his heart off...even at home !! Recently he didnt speak to his sister for 2 weeks, I thought he was being a 'horrible teenage brother' but now I know why. He is very sad and crying a lot. This is heartbreaking for me (and Thomas Im sure) because he was such a happy chap.
*I hope this makes sense...Iv just come home from the cardio appointment and Im angry and sad all at the same time. Iv just made and app with my GP for 4oclock today to discuss this. My mind is screaming...my own heart problems are enough to handle but when its your child......eeeek.
He was due to go to an IRON MAIDEN concert tomorrow but now IM scared to let him go. Should I let his life go on as normal...things certainly dont feel normal. Help !!!!
They gave him a prescription for a beta blocker and off home we went a few hours later. *Yesterday (monday) he had an echo done (cardio said it was normal, so I said do you mean ''absolutely normal'' and he said ''well 3valves are leaking but its ''mild'')and thismorning we went to see a cardio.....he said we should go home and STOP the beta blocker and he would organise an 'event monitor'....SOMETIME AFTER XMAS....WHAT...I said, ''what do we do in the meantime''...cardio said, ''feel free to come back to the hospital any time'' . *Im totally freaked out..my son is depressed...his life has changed overnight, and now we are just waiting for ''it'' to happen again.Im frightened to leave him alone. Thomas, has explained to me that he feels his heartrate go up for ''everything'' so somedays he chooses not to speak to ANYONE so that way he cant get into any kind of situation that can set his heart off...even at home !! Recently he didnt speak to his sister for 2 weeks, I thought he was being a 'horrible teenage brother' but now I know why. He is very sad and crying a lot. This is heartbreaking for me (and Thomas Im sure) because he was such a happy chap.
*I hope this makes sense...Iv just come home from the cardio appointment and Im angry and sad all at the same time. Iv just made and app with my GP for 4oclock today to discuss this. My mind is screaming...my own heart problems are enough to handle but when its your child......eeeek.
He was due to go to an IRON MAIDEN concert tomorrow but now IM scared to let him go. Should I let his life go on as normal...things certainly dont feel normal. Help !!!!