The day this picture was taken (6/16), Riley had to undergo an echocardiogram. That is an ultrasound of her heart to look at its structure and blood flow. The pediatrician heard a murmur at her 2-month checkup that he wanted to evaluate further. He was not overly concerned as Conor had a similar so-called "innocent murmur" as an infant that went away by the time he was 1. However, Riley's was a bit louder and higher pitched so he wanted to rule out a small hole in the heart called a VSD. The results came back mostly normal, nothing serious. There is a little irregularity of the velocity of blood flow as it exits the heart (high end of the normal range), so we will follow up with a repeat echo and appointment with a pediatric cardiologist when she is 6 months old.
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