Yesterday Belinda went to the cardiologist and had an EKG and ultrasound, and everything looks great!

This was more of a fact-finding appointment because some Ehlers-Danlos patients have heart problems. The doctor was interested in how she was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos, and we told him it was part of our figuring out the achalasia diagnosis. He was also very interested in the achalasia diagnosis and asked us several questions about it. Belinda and I talked about that later, how both staff members that did the EKG and ultrasound hadn’t heard of achalasia, but the cardiologist certainly had. He even asked who the lucky doctor was who diagnosed it, and how it was diagnosed, and we told him. Although I don’t love that Belinda has this, it was kind of fun to see how jazzed he was about it.

Anyway, she was supposed to get these tests done, and her pediatrician said she needed them for sure because Belinda has been talking about getting medication to help with her ADHD, now that she has so many college classes that need her to focus, and since those are stimulants her pediatrician wanted to ensure that her heart was healthy for that kind of medication. And it is!

The appointment cost $92, and they said that was because we’ve met our deductible with insurance. But I thought if we’d met our deductible we weren’t supposed to have to pay anything anymore for the rest of the year. So I guess I don’t understand how that works. Insurance stuff is no fun.

After that, we got her some chickfila to celebrate (she always seems to want chickfila after doctor appointments) and then we went to the psychology testing place to do a few additional tests for her neurodivergence testing. I’m glad we got all of that wrapped up. I am ready for less doctor appointments!

She humored me by letting me take a picture of her with the cardiologist sign, because she has complained that she is a little too old for all these pediatricians and this one also treats fetuses. Bonus, she will be back in three years for a follow up, so she will be 19 then and still seeing the fetus doctor. She is a good sport.

The picture is a little blurry because someone was coming out of the office door and I panicked because I didn’t want to look like a weirdo taking a picture of my kid with the office sign!