Ho-hum
i'm tired. i forgot to turn off my alarm, so even though i have the day off, i woke up at 6:30 am. Ah, well, whatever. I took my second physical yesterday. My first physical for track i wasn't cleared because my heart sounded "musical," which might be a sign of a heart murmur. It was kind of a joke amongst all the people getting physicals at delta, since the physician diagnosed so many people with heart murmurs. So, i ended up having to get another physical for track to ensure that i really don't have a murmur. Mom came with me with all the family history of heart disease (turns out we have a very strong history of it), Dr. Htoon didn't find a heart murmur, but decided that because of the family history that i needed an EKG. i ended up getting two, i guess to make sure the results were right, and the EKG said that i was "probably normal" for a girl my age. Dr. Htoon, however, said that there was a slight peculiarity in my heart beat that 90% of the time is perfectly normal, but again, because of the family history, i have to go see a cardiologist. I have an appointment to go see Dr. Winkle, who sees my aunt and granddaddy for their heart issues. I just don't know when yet. I'll keep you posted.
posted by kolors @ 7:57 AM
3 Comments:
wow... but you're so young! would they pull you out of track? it seems like track would help make your heart stronger, right?
I am young, and track would make me stronger, but I guess if there's something wrong I need to know sooner rather than later. My appointment is March 14; Mom says that's encouraging, since if Dr. Winkle had seen anything horribly wrong on the EKG Dr. Htoon gave me he would have made time for me much sooner. I'm not eligible to compete in track until I'm all clear, so I'm going to see if I can just use this year as a training year and keep the year of eligibility. I'm only allowed four years of college track, and if I'm going to miss a third of this year, I might as well not compete until next year.
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