Sunday, March 9, 2008
UPDATE
Nothing much happened on Friday. I was scheduled to go in to get zapped to get the heart rate under control. However, they did a transesophogeal echo cardiogram first and decided that there were indications in my blood that a zap could cause a stroke so the zap was cancelled. So now I am doubling up on amiodarone and have a new medicine, metoprolol, that I am taking in addition to amiodarone. So far no evidence of progress, but it’s early. My heart beat was still 115 this morning. The swelling in my legs and feet is getting under control. I am taking a diuretic twice a day for that and it is working. I am up and around and feeling pretty good. Yesterday I spent most of the day at Pacific Raceways watching grandson Conor race his CRX. The car ran beautifully and Conor’s instructor (this was a school) said he drove well. He was going fast I can assure you of that. Being that active yesterday has caused some fatigue today, but a good nap helped with that
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3 comments:
Hey Daddy,
I am really glad you were able to get out and watch Conor race! I am sure there were moments on Saturday when you completely forgot about all the stuff going on with you health. I just wish you could have taken a turn in the CRX!
Love you Daddy!
I hope today is a good day too.
Alicia
Well, I'm certainly glad you had that test first. Goods with the bads I guess. Go Conor, go Conor go! Go Dogs Go is one of Matthew's favorite books. They are in cars going to a dog party. Well, anyway hang in there. Love you, Mary
As you know, we share one thing in common John. I was in the hospital last week, commenced a new drug (Tikosyn) & had a Transesophageal Echocardiogram on Wednesday, was zapped on Thursday, and returned home on Friday. I have been on Coumadin in preparation for this for a couple of weeks prior to neutralize the risk of stroke issues. If you're up to it, give me a call.
By the way, I recall that Ron Brown and Bob Hack are both experienced with sleep Achnea. George
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