February 4, 2013

Stress Test



Trev went in for his stress test last week. He was a ROCK STAR!!! We started the day early and picked up Grandpa on the way. Trev ate a light breakfast and snack so he would be ready for his big test! This was a first so we did not know what to expect. Overall it went pretty smoothly.

When we got to Children's we headed for cardiology and were ready to go. Trev was measured and weighed. As soon as he was measured they said we might have a problem. He was 1.5" shorter than needed to be on the bike. The nurse decided to have him sit on the bike to see if his legs were long enough. Luckily the boy has long legs!!

He had the EKG leads put on then went to the room for the stress test. He did some breathing exercises to get some base line tests. He then got on the bike with his EKG leads, mask, head band and blood pressure cuff. He was a trooper throughout the whole thing!

He ended up making it 7 minutes on the bike with a lot of resistance. Great Job Trevor!!

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