I kept this on the "down low" if you will until he went into the hospital. He went in today for some testing. He knew he was going in so it isn't anything "new". He had some testing today. In a nutshell, his kidneys are failing and dialysis may be in his future. The testing he had today is in his words "The Fix is to go into the Cath Lab (again) and have a Electrophysiology Study done - the Heart Specialist / Electricial Doc "plays" with the heart's electrical signals - goal being to determine what flavour of Pacemaker will improve my heart's pumping action.
The "EP Study" is scheduled for before daylight on Monday, October 9th - at St. Elizabeth's Health Center -
where I was in January. Assuming she doesn't kill me tinkering with the ole pump; I spend the night and
she stuffs in the appropriate "Implantable Device" on Tuesday - and I supposidly go home late Tuesday.
If I make it though all this ... the next "repairs" are to un-plug my upper leg arteries. Don't have any time-line for that - but it's more wires, balloons, and stents, with maybe a little arterial bypass thrown in.
And I guess nobody's talking much about the Kidneys."
So he went in early this morning. I woke up around 7am and everytime I closed my eyes I sent up a prayer for him. I got a call around 12:45pm from his friend Pat and he is awake and alert and tomorrow has the Pacemaker put in.
So please keep him in your prayers and pray that his kidneys hold out with all of this.
I will keep you all posted!
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