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WOLF. I'm worried, man. Give me some relief that it's no big deal. I just got this email from my mom-

When I first saw Corbet (my nephew) and asked how he was he said "oh fine" and I didn't ask about his fainting. At the end he came over and he said, "Boy that was mystery." I thought he was talking about the ceremony and I asked him what and he said, "my passing out." Then told me he was sitting in his chair and moved his head up quick and the next thing he knew he was on the floor. He doesn't remember anything and the teacher (they had conferences tonight and got to talk with her) said he scared the class to death and that he had a little tremor before he went down.

Anyway, they called the nurse in and Corbet doesn't remember any of that until he woke up in the nurse's office.

The pediatrician said to get him to the office right away and thought it was a fluke after blood tests, etc. but sent him for an EKG. They said they'd read it and get back to them next week. They called Howard(my brother in law/Corbet's dad) an hour later and said they might have seen something blocking one of the walls of the heart and he needed to get to a pediatric cardiologist. They called and said to be there at noon tomorrow they didn't want to wait until next week.

Hopefully it is just something similar to what happened to me and nothing serious

Yeah the doctor said something about thaaaaaaaaaaa....what were we talking about

Freaking doctors. Now they can't even check in on us on VOTH. Worthless, greedy bastards is what they are.

I hope you're right, Barry. I said in the Fish pond crew that I can't imagine being a parent if I worry about this so much.

I'm not that well read on ped. cardio. But in general an enlarge wall could have some issues with getting enough blood flow to the entire width of the wall. If prolonged, those cells could die and cause a heart attack.

A thickened wall would also cause a smaller volume in the chamber, so the heart would have to pump more to maintain output. A bigger, stretched out wall won't have the volume restriction issues, but it would weaken the muscle and make it harder to pump.

I know it's troubling, but it could be a lot of things, try not to get too worked up until they have their appointment.

Sorry I haven't been around much. Had a big test yesterday and drank a lot last night with classmates.

Perk, settle down friend. There are a lot of very good doctors in Iowa who have graduated from college and have a medical license. Your little nephew will get good care.

You may be the one who needs a cardiologist if you don't settle.

I did. Thanks a lot.

Thanks, partner. I'll keep ya updated.

Thanks, Roberto. This is the shirt. Hopefully it fit.

He's in for his sonogram as we speak.

As far as the shirts, I had an 2X that I was able to send Wolf. They run really small, so I'm curious if it will fit him, because I've met Wolf in person and he's a big dude.

I wear a XL in those and I'm 5'10" 190.

Just got this email from my mom, so hopefully waiting until Monday means there were no immediate concerns and it sounds like Corbet is in good spirits-

"Megan (my sister) just stopped to get Aris (my niece). Said they did a sonogram and would get back to her Doctor. She said her doc is gone this afternoon so they wouldn't know anything until Monday, but she may call this afternoon to see if they know anything. Corbet was quite fascinated with watching his heart beat and described it in great detail to me."