Friday at the Cath Lab

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Thursday was a pretty uneventful day. No better, no worse. They are still stumped with what is causing all of the breathing distress. Dr. Thompson is going to try using the ecocardiagram to see if they can tweak the pacemaker again. He saw something different in her labs today.

Friday
Bridget came to visit this afternoon and found the "Rapid Response Team" rushing around Mom. She was having chest pain. They put in a call to Dr. Thompson who decided to take her to the cath lab for another catheterization. Bridge called us all and Colleen and I met her in the waiting room along with Cathy Anderson who came to visit.

She went in about 2:30PM and came out about 4:00PM. Dr. Thompson said that the arteries were open and clear and the stent that he put in 1 1/2 years ago was working well. It does appear that she has had a heart attack at some point that is affecting the heart's ability to pump. On the whole, he is still stumped but hasn't given up.

He is trying new medications and put in a pick line so she doesn't have to have IVs threaded through her veins every few days. They are down to using infant sized needles because her veins are thin and they collapse easily.

She was alert at dinner time and looked and sounded as good as she has since she's been in the hospital.

The roller coaster ride continues!!!