Coughing Update: seems the coughing was related to the heart issue. bad ticker, not
enough blood pumping to lungs and kidneys, etc... Went in for a Electro Cardiologist consult on
Thursday, when the machine couldn't register a blood pressure, they did it manually, then hooked up
an EKG, one blip per time frame, heart rate of 34. I was informed I was in heart block, and would need
an emergency defibrillator/ Synchronized pacemaker that day. no debate, we have scheduled you as
en emergency procedure today at the cardiac DAR. kinda figured that something was up,
since I had been feeling terrible all week. walked over to the hospital(doctor's office suite & hospital shared the sane driveway, and it was 80 yards downhill). heart so bad, they could not put me under for surgery, so it was done with a local.
Would have gotten out of the hospital Friday morning, but kidneys hadn't been getting enough blood, so Bun/Creatine levels were too high, didn't get to come home till 6pm Saturday.
Sheesh, Flip. That's nuts. Are you feeling better?
well I couldn't feel worse than last week, have to restrict movement on my left arm, and no shower for a week.
got 4 days of stubble going, might consider a beard. Feeling better, sure, i had barely been getting in to work,
my 10 minute walk from Penn to the office was taking an hour last week. No red sauce, low potassium, low sodium, low protein, low fat, watch sugar diet. went into the hospital at 175 lbs, today I am 168 lbs. I have been told by warden and kids, cigars are now verbotten.
