So Riley is still in the hospital. We have been off the O2 for about 36 hours and been fine, but the concern is still her reflux and something that we were following before she got her viral infection - a very elevated heart rate. The concern is that the heart would literally wear out over the coming year as her rate is around 170-180 resting and close to 200 when active. She is supposed to be between 120 - 150 for her age, obviously a huge difference. So the cardiologists have started her on a beta blocker that almost immediately worked - when she took a nap about 30 minutes after the first dose, she was down to 140-150, which we have never really seen with Riley. Then when I was playing with her later (standing her up, rolling around, getting a bath) she got up to 160-170s. Now with her just sitting playing with her toys and talking with me she is in the 150-160s, so a good improvement. It will be a process, but we should be able to get her heart rate down with the beta blocker. We are on track to hopefully be home tomorrow.
Zoey had a soccer game yesterday and while she was still reluctant to get in there and mix it up or run ahead of kids and take it from them - she went unscored upon in goal again. It wasn't like they didn't take shots either, yesterday she had about 3 or 4 breakaways on her and she stoned them all!!! 2 of Zoey's girl cousins are very athletic, so we are hoping that she sticks with it and keeps going with some sports.
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