A long, frustrating day

Catnapping in the Lobby

It’s been a really discouraging day for Bob.  He’s one week post surgery & he’s still hospitalized, which is not how he envisioned his recovery to go.  Contrary to what he was told on Saturday, he did not have a pacemaker implanted today.  The doctor who is rounding for Dr. Sowden this work is Dr. Mirro.  Dr. Mirro decided to wait to go to a pacemaker because he wants to let the heart adapt to the new pig valve that was installed & hopes that things will work themselves out. 

Another reason why he is still hospitalized is that he is draining way too much fluid every day.  Today he drained over 300 cc of fluid in an 8 hour period.  That is the amount of fluid he gave out right after the surgery last Monday!  As of now, there is no doctor who is willing or knowledgeable enough to investigate & discover why Bob is creating so much excess fluid.  There is some cause!  But no one wants to try to find out what the cause is.  This frustrates us all tremendously!

He was prescribed Coreg, which is a beta blocker.  He has been very withdrawn & sullen, which is so unlike him.  He still isn’t sleeping well, so he catnaps while he sits up in his chair.  We are hoping that he will finally sleep better tonight.  He has a fan, which helps provide white noise to drown out the racket in the hallway.  Please, please, please pray that he will “sleep in heavenly peace” tonight!  Also pray that we will find someone who can shed light on why he is producing so much fluid.  He would enjoy short visits & phone calls.  He needs something to make his day go a little faster. 

Thank you for your prayers & support!