-1Karen felt saddened as the doctor asked her to step out of the room. The doctor had called for two nurses on his pager and another cardiologist to come into the room. As Karen was stepping out into the hallway she looked back at her son lying on the cot with tears in his eyes. What kind of mother was she. She thought this would be a simple test to see how her son's heart was. Could it be worse. She panicked she knew her son hated seeing doctors and much worse, Karen knew that Lucas hated needles.
A half hour went by. Doctors and nurses rushed past Karen who was very fidgety waiting in the area with couches in the Cardiology Unit.
"Ms. Roe," Doctor Mitchell stated.
"How is Lucas, how is my son," Karen asked getting up on her feet.
"Lucas will be fine for now. I had to give him a shot of medicine to help stabilize his heart from jumping. We have reasons to believe Lucas may have suffered a small anxiety attack that contributed to his heart contracting fast. Right now Lucas is resting and I am allowing him to go home tonight."
"Ok," Karen stated sounding very relieved.
"However…" Doctor Mitchell continued… "I would like Lucas to be monitored for the next seventy two hours."
"So… should I call you if he isn't feeling well." Karen asked, she noticied a small change in the physicians voice.
"You should call me. But I would like Lucas to be on the Holter Monitor. This is a continuous test that will show our unit how Lucas heart is beating. This is a simple and safe test to show us any irregularity with Lucas's heart beats." The doctor stated.
"Thank you." Karen stated.
"You can go back and see Lucas now. We explained the monitoring system to him already. Oh and please, make sure Lucas does not get upset or stressed. Please try to keep him relaxed over these next seventy two hours." Stated the doctor.
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