When Donovan was born, the nurses took him away to clean him up and make sure his vitals looked normal. Matt was an excited new father and he video-taped the whole thing. It didn't take long for him to realize that something seemed wrong with Donovan. Matt watched as nurses consulted with a doctor. They were trying to figure out how to make Donovan's heart slow down, it was beating at such a high rate that the nurses couldn't count it. The doctor tried putting a bag of ice over his face, but that didn't fix the problem. Then he gave Donovan a shot that basically restarted his heart. It wasn't until after everything was okay that Matt came in and told me about scary scene he watched. We learned that Donovan had a heart disease called WPW and that he had experienced an episode of sub-ventricle tachycardia. We consulted with cardiologists for years, all with differing opinions about what we should do. The whole while, we had this fear in the back of our minds that Donovan's heart could suddenly fail him. Well we finally decided it was time to put those fears to rest. We scheduled an appointment to have an oblation procedure done.
Donovan did great, he was a perfect patient and now he has a perfect heart. We are so grateful that his heart never gave him serious problems, that he was able to live a very normal life, and that now we don't have to worry about him going through another episode of tachycardia again.
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