Settled in for the Winter

We moved to a larger site last Sunday since we will be here for awhile. Sure is much nicer to have neighbors a bit further away! We met with his cardiologist this past week. At first he didn't feel they should do anything since the meds were controlling his heart rate. That was before he looked at the EKG and the meds he is taking. His heart rate is still high and he raised one of the meds another 120mgs a day. He is now taking enough of these meds to control an elephant! So now he is sleeping 24/7 instead of 20/7! We meet with the electrophysiologist on Nov. 6. He is the doctor that does the procedures, so will see what he recommends. The cardiologist feels the problem is in the AV node and if they fix that he will likely have to have a pacemaker. Then off to the surgeon to have his incision checked. He has had a hole at the bottom to drain an infection. The infection is gone, but needed to see what to do next. Just let it grow together and will be fine now. Yea - no more packing, just bandage everyday! Since we were there the surgeon decided we should schedule his surgery to put in a power port for chemo so he can start taking warfarin again for his heart. So yesterday we spent 4 hours at the hospital and he now has a sporty port below his collar bone on the left! The first time he has been at the hospital for a procedure and actually got to come home afterwards! This week is a CT scan and followed in a couple of days with another meeting with the oncologist to schedule his chemo. All the ducks are finally lining up in a row and we are making progress toward an eventual full recovery! We will have lots of company in this park for the winter - they only have a few empty sites!