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Originally Posted by bishoph
Ferd.....thanks for your prayers and perspective. I had told Isaiah's dad about your experience and even went back an scanned through the posts over the last five years.....(it's hard to believe I've been on AFF that long....lol) The events seem very similar, and the treatment nearly identical. They have told them that he will (if his body responds well) probably be on the medicines at least until he is four or five and then he will have to have the ablation procedure.
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if he wants to contact me, PM me and I will give you my phone number! we certainly have been down this path.
We never had it called WPW but as I read about it, its clear that is very similar to our issues. in fact, WPW can cause SVT, which is what our little guy had.
As far as I know, 60 to 80% of infants clear at at 1, at least that is my understanding of SVT. I also have a son (9 now) who was born with Chaotic Atrial Tachycardia (sp). That also had a high chance of clearing at age 1. He actually cleared at 9 months and was released from any further followup with the cardiologist at age 5.
It is scary. No two ways about it. My wife quit work to be home with Jack and we watched him closely, checked his heart constantly and he slept with us until he was 4. of course we gave him meds every 4 hours including over night until he was past 2 then every 8 hours until he was 4 then twice a day until surgery.
You really dont know if they are in tachycardia. for us it was just parent intuition/ God honestly.
The good news is, you can stay on top of it and get good results.
if they want a second opinion, I can recomend a fantastic Pediatric Cardiologist in Fort Worth.