Pacemaker Implantation for 6years child

My neice who is 6 years old suffering from following problem

1) Baseline Sinus Rhythm with 2.1 AV Conduction

2) Episodes of complete Heart Block with narrow QRS complex min HR-3 , Max HR-84

3) Fast Related Ventricular Ectopics some in couplets

4)Long Pause upto 2.3 secs

Doctors are advicing us to implant permanent pacemaker . Kindly let me know whether any other solutions are there for her.

we are afraid to go with permanent Pace maker since is very young and lifelong care is needed if we implant Pace maker.

Please help us

[Mom2four85]

I'm so sorry to hear she's having to go through this, it's scary when it's such a young child.
As a lifelong fainting patient with profound bradycardia episodes since age 9, I wish someone had found what was wrong with me early in life and taken precautions with a PM.

I know any surgery for a child is harrowing; but the PM implant really isn't that bad.  I think the worst thing is she'll have to keep her arm in a sling and can't play or use the arm for a few weeks after.  In time, she won't even know she has it and may help if she's having symptoms.

I can't tell you the amount of damage I've sustained over the years from frequent fainting and falls.  I've broken bones, scraped things severely to the point they think I developed brain damage from 35+ years of fainting.

2 years ago at the age of 42 I had a Boston Scientific Teligen 100 ICD implanted...it's a pacemaker/defibrillator unit since I have both brady and tachycardia issues that are dangerous.  

Technology has come so far and the newer units come with a much longer battery life; mine has 8 1/2 years left since I'm not pacemaker dependent - it paces me out of the low HR's.

btw; I'm not sure if you were trying to get a doctor's answer? if so, you may want to go back to the expert forum and ask the pediatric dr or the heart disease/rhythm dr there - questions are limited so keep trying at different times to see if you can get yours in =)