11-7-14 UP-DATE ON LES....TODAY STARTED OUT EARLY, WITH DRS., NURSES & SUCH COMING INTO LESS ROOM, ASKING ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS & CHECKING HIM IN PREPERATION FOR HIS PROCEDURE THIS MORNING.....SO AFTER AN HOUR IN THE WAITING ROOM, NO ONE CAME TO GIVE ME A REPORT......I GO BACK TO HIS ROOM IN ICU TO FIND HIM IN BED SLEEPING....TALKED TO HIS NURSE AND SHE SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO SHOCK HIS HEART AS PLANNED TO CORRECT HIS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ( AFIB ) APPARENTLY HE HAS A BLOOD CLOT IN HIS HEART......SO THEN COMES PLAN #2 .....DELAYED A COUPLE HOURS, THEN DR. COMES IN AND LESS BLOOD PRESSURE IS LOW, SO THEY GAVE HIM MEDS & ALSO TOOK SOME AWAY (FLUID IS FINALLY OUT OF HIS LEGS & FEET & ARE LOOKING MUCH BETTER) WAIT 1 1/2 HOURS AND DECIDED TO WAIT TILL MONDAY EARLY FOR THIS PROCEDURE (CATHETER ABLATION ) EVEN THO WE WANT TO BE HOME, IM GLAD THEY POSTPONED TILL MONDAY, LES WILL BE ABLE TO RECOUP FROM TODAY & GET HIS BLOOD PRESSURE BACK WHERE IT SHOULD BE. THEY ARE STARTING LES ON A MEDICATION CALLED WARFARIN ALSO KNOWN AS COUMADIN.....DR. SAID HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON IT FOR AT LEAST THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS........???? PLEASE KEEP ALL THE PRAYERS & POSITIVE THOUGHTS COMING HIS WAY .......HUGS !!!! TO YOU ALL & HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.....
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 03:14:11 +0000
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