Sorry there was no post yesterday. I was having trouble with the internet connection at the hospital and my laptop was not co-operating. Anyway, here's the latest.

All during the day Thursday, especially after being moved to step-down, the nurses hardly came in. But at shift change, the nurse did not like Bill's bp being below 100and she was in every hour all night! Of course, his blood pressure stays between 90 and 100 anyway, which is what the drs. want so that his heart doesn't have to work as hard. She also didn't want to give him his Inspra since it is a blood pressure medicine. And if she wasn't in the room, the lab techs were in taking blood. So it was a very long, sleepless night.

Both doctors were pleased with his progress and decided to discharge him. Dr. Lan was in during the morning and said that if Dr. Burnett agreed, he could be discharged. He also told us some things to look for and what to do if we recognized that he was in an episode.

Dr. Burnett was in the cath lab so he didn't get in until about 1. He said that he had conferred with Dr. Lan and had spent some time in the monitoring room looking at Bill's numbers and his heart rate was staying steady. He also told us some things to look for and agreed with Dr. Lan's suggestions.

At 2:30 when one of the nurses, Patrick, came in, Bill asked about going home and he thought he was joking. We know that it takes some time to do the paperwork so weren't too worried. But, at 4 when Patrick came in again, he again asked and told him that both doctors had said that he could be discharged. Patrick got the other RN, Connie, and when she came in she had his chart and said that it didn't say anywhere that he could be discharged. She even said that Dr. Burnett himself handed her Bill's chart. She then called Dr. Burnett and when she asked him about it his response was "Oh my God!" He had forgetten to write the order!

Since there was only 1 medication change, it didn't take long to get the paperwork done and we left the hospital at 5. So, drove through Memphis during rush hour, not as bad as Atlanta, went through the drive-through at Zaxby's for supper and got home about 6:30. We managed to watch the opening ceremonies of the olympics, were in bed by 11 and I slept until 6:47! I haven't slept all night in so many years that I can't give a number. Bill said he slept until 5.

So, this morning we are more rested, have had breakfast and will decided what the day will bring.

He's to see Dr. Lan in March to see how the additional amiodorone has worked and then see Dr. Burnett in April for a check-up and a right heart cath again for the transplant team. If another ablation is needed, Dr. Lan will do it then. Dr. Lan also explained a little more about what the v-tach is and what the ablation does which makes it easier on us to know what is going on. I'll post something on that later.