Kaneohegirlinaz
Wannabe TV Chef
I have posted a few times in regards to what is happening with my dear husband.
I look at this as a journey that we need to take, together. I know some of the DC community are concerned and would like an update.
I’m going to compile everything here on this thread for my future review … like I’m going to forget a single, solitary moment!
So, I already posted the start of this journey here, but let’s keep going forward, as life does.
We thought that once the last procedure was done, the Ablation and implanting the ICD in his chest, we’d be good to go... NO!
The Doctor wanted us to do a face-to-face follow up 2 weeks later back down in Phoenix.
Did I mention that I am NOT comfortable driving in the city and on Interstate Highways?
YEAH! So, I put my Big Girl Panties on once more and off we went back down to The Valley.
DH is not allowed to drive until Valentine's Day, at the earliest.
We had a late afternoon appointment and there was no way that I was going to drive the 2+ hours back in rush hour traffic and then the dark too. We booked a room again at our now favorite hotel and checked in long before our appointment. Good thing too boy! We got a phone call from the Doctor’s office asking us to come in earlier, no problem.
This appointment wasn’t with doctor, but rather with one of his Nurse Practitioners (he has two), love her by the way! One of the Medical Assistants also came in to do an EKG and wave her magic wand over his new ICD for results.
He’s still having VT events. In the previous two weeks since the implant he had EIGHTY events, 40 were resolved by the Pacemaker and 40 his body took care of on its own. Our new team wasn’t real happy with that.
A new prescription was sent over to our local pharmacy and DH was to start taking this new drug straight away!
The following evening, we still had not heard from our pharmacy, so I called in and was informed that it would possibly be available by the end of the week … not good.
I texted to our new team of medical warriors and told them what was going on,
“NO! He needs this drug STAT!”
They made some phone calls and I picked the new drug up an hour later.
DH has had three doses of this new medication and is doing so much better.
I can’t tell you all how very fortunate we feel to have this team behind us. We were given their personal phone numbers and at any time that we need them, they asked us to simply text and one of them would get back with us.
We have to go back for another face-to-face appointment next week Friday... I already booked our room and know what I want to have for dinner across the street at our new favorite restaurant.
I look at this as a journey that we need to take, together. I know some of the DC community are concerned and would like an update.
I’m going to compile everything here on this thread for my future review … like I’m going to forget a single, solitary moment!
So, I already posted the start of this journey here, but let’s keep going forward, as life does.
We thought that once the last procedure was done, the Ablation and implanting the ICD in his chest, we’d be good to go... NO!
The Doctor wanted us to do a face-to-face follow up 2 weeks later back down in Phoenix.
Did I mention that I am NOT comfortable driving in the city and on Interstate Highways?
YEAH! So, I put my Big Girl Panties on once more and off we went back down to The Valley.
DH is not allowed to drive until Valentine's Day, at the earliest.
We had a late afternoon appointment and there was no way that I was going to drive the 2+ hours back in rush hour traffic and then the dark too. We booked a room again at our now favorite hotel and checked in long before our appointment. Good thing too boy! We got a phone call from the Doctor’s office asking us to come in earlier, no problem.
This appointment wasn’t with doctor, but rather with one of his Nurse Practitioners (he has two), love her by the way! One of the Medical Assistants also came in to do an EKG and wave her magic wand over his new ICD for results.
He’s still having VT events. In the previous two weeks since the implant he had EIGHTY events, 40 were resolved by the Pacemaker and 40 his body took care of on its own. Our new team wasn’t real happy with that.
A new prescription was sent over to our local pharmacy and DH was to start taking this new drug straight away!
The following evening, we still had not heard from our pharmacy, so I called in and was informed that it would possibly be available by the end of the week … not good.
I texted to our new team of medical warriors and told them what was going on,
“NO! He needs this drug STAT!”
They made some phone calls and I picked the new drug up an hour later.
DH has had three doses of this new medication and is doing so much better.
I can’t tell you all how very fortunate we feel to have this team behind us. We were given their personal phone numbers and at any time that we need them, they asked us to simply text and one of them would get back with us.
We have to go back for another face-to-face appointment next week Friday... I already booked our room and know what I want to have for dinner across the street at our new favorite restaurant.