He could live his whole life with this condition and be just fine. Or when he is much older he could require heart surgery to repair the valve. Either way, even with this condition he is a healthy little guy with no side effects. It is one of those "watch and wait" type of things. As a matter of fact, many people have a heart murmur and are walking around with this very issue not even knowing they have it.
Today we will be meeting with the Cardiologist and doing the regular tests of an EKG, sonogram, and possibly another x-ray of his heart. Sine he is rarely sans little brother and big sister he will be treated to lunch out with mom afterwards. Here's hoping that everything is looking good on the tests this year...
I also have a bicuspid aortic valve. When I was younger I passed out a few times and in tests to see what was wrong it was discovered. My father also has it. He had his valve replaced in 2002 with a mechanial valve. He has smoked most of his life and they said that was a big factor in the matter. Just so you know we are both completely healthy and my father was 50 when he had his replaced. Good luck with the tests, it will be fine. I will be thinking of you.
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