*SMACK!*

Took Brittney to soccer practice tonight,.. everyone has been so supportive about Scott, and I've become pretty chummy with a couple of the other soccer moms,.. we've got a little 'clique' going now, LOL.

Mid-sentence with Brittney's coach, going over dates that she would need to miss practice during Scott's surgery week, Brittney got hit hard with an airborn ball right smack in the middle of her chest. It knocked the wind right out of her and it took her several minutes to be able to really get more than little whispers of air into her lungs, which caused her to panic that she couldn't breathe... I managed to calm her down, and then she was able to get good breathes in shortly after, but it took a little longer than I would have rathered and started to make me a little nervous. She's fine though, thank goodness. Her sternum is bruised some, not outwardly, but she's sore.

She's complained about her heart hurting a couple of times in the last year or so, but I had always figured heartburn or something, and it was far & few between, but since starting soccer a month ago she has mentioned it a few more times, and considering it's only been a month, it's caught my attention,.. even more so now that we know Scott has a serious heart condition, and finding out that this condition is what his paternal grandfather actually died from before Scott was born. Brittney has tired more easily, and has become short of breath a few times,.. I assumed from not being used to the physical demands of playing soccer (a REAL sport! LOL), but now the heart thing is beginning to concern me. And it's not like she's doing this only after knowing about her dad,.. this started before so I don't believe she's copycatting anything... It just gives me more cause for concern that something might not be alright with her now that all of the sudden we know there is a family history. So, I think next week we'll be making a Dr appt. just to play it safe.