This week another first for me.
In France, if you want to join a club to do sport, swimming, tennis, football…. any sport you need to have a medical certificate from your doctor. Everyone needs a certificate, children and adults.
Early September I took Iona and Joe to the doctors for their medical certificates so they could join their swimming and cycling clubs.
Iona was fine, but after the doctor examined Joe he wasn’t entirely happy about the sound of his heart and said he thought there was a heart murmur. That was a bit of a shock..Joe thinks nothing about cycling 20 – 25km in a couple of hours and is always rushing about without any problems or breathlessness. We were assured that it was probably nothing but it should be checked out.
So, this afternoon we have been to the cardiologist. Joe was hooked up to all sorts of machines before and after exercise, he had an ultra sound on his heart. Incredible, we could see the heart actually functioning and the blood going in and out. Graphs were printed and peaks and troughs were analysed. He certainly had a very thorough consultation that lasted well over an hour.
At the end of it all the consultant was satisfied that although Joe has a heart murmur it is nothing to worry about.
So another first!… a trip to the cardiologist!
