Your Baby Has a Serious Heart Defect (but we're not sure what it is)..A Story is one person's health experience, often with recommendations.
My second son is 16 months old. He is a very happy and opinionated baby. To...
Clarification
My doctor says those disturbing words used in my echocardiogram report to describe the valves of my heart— dilated, thickened, insufficient—are “normal variants.” They are medically insignificant, just as I’d imagined they must be. I’m thankful for the clarification, though. And my doctor is glad I poked around for more information.
“I would have been disappointed if you didn’t ask about them,” he said.
I would have been too.
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