"Take a little breath in for me, hold it, now breathe"

The person doing the echocardiogram yesterday said this to me several times. A little breath, hold it, breathe. I think I have been doing this even without a technician asking me to. After the appointment, I really exhaled and started to breathe again. Given the response to my Facebook post yesterday about the smiling cardiologist and the good results, I'd say a lot of other people have been holding their breath right along with me.

My aortic valve looks good. The murmur is trace to minimal. This means the valve will last the rest of my life. I will be on baby aspirin and a beta blocker indefinitely. Breathe....

Thanks for holding your collective breath with me. Everyone can exhale now and breathe normally.