Bailey Has Seen the Heart Specialist

Well I've had the appointment. He confirms that Bailey has a heart murmer, which he calls an 'innocent murmer' and is confident that's all it is. He should grow out of it by the time he is 6, but will need to be checked again then to make sure. But to double check there is nothing he's missed he is booked in for an Echocardiography on Wed 12th July. The Doc is confident it will be normal.

He has picked up something else on Bailey that we need to keep an eye on although he didn't put a great deal of importance on it, he said we need to clear up the heart first. Bailey's diagphram (spell??) works overtime and he asked if he snores. He said it could just be his asthma and we have to be diligent with his asthma medication or it could be Sleep Apnea (again spell??), because of the snoring as well. Bailey doesn't snore too badly though, it's not all the time and it's fairly quite and I really don't think he is suffering apnea because he wakes up so well in the morning. They say with sleep apnea you wake up feeling like you haven't even slept. I really think it's his asthma that makes his diaphragm (try this spelling) work overtime, and I think at this stage I won't go further into this, but will keep an eye on him to make sure the snoring doesn't become worse etc., if it does, I'll be onto it.