My poor, brave niece went into the hospital today, again, this time because the two halves of her recently repaired heart were beating at different speeds. According to her mom, her atrium was beating 35 times faster than her ventricle. I don't understand how that's even possible.
Her mom rushed her to Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven where, after a short delay waiting for an operating room to become available, the doctors checked for clots and then shocked her heart back into regularity.
As of 2:00 p.m., her mom reports she is in the pediatric intensive care unit, awake and sipping juice. There were no clots. Her heart rate is a little high but not excessive or irregular.
For some reason, she claims to be sick and tired of hospitals and just wants to go back to school. She's a tough kid.
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