The new med makes Bill sick after he takes it so he's checking with the dr. today to see if there is something else he can take. He takes this one with food and he is almost immediately sick to his stomach with heartburn and stomach cramps. This lasts about 4 hours and of course then it's time to take the next dose.

Walmart didn't have enough to fill the complete script last week and when we went to get the rest of it, it hadn't come in. Their only solution was to come back today, Monday, and they would re-order it. He should have it from express-scripts by that time, although if he's not going to be able to take it, it's kind of a moot point.

As I said earlier, on this journey nothing happens for a long time. But then, out of the blue...things change in a minute. No, Bill did not receive his new heart, but had a reminder that he is sick. Saturday evening he got dizzy and as soon as he sat down his device fired. It probably didn't help that I was sick (we ended going to er for me, strep). But, Monday morning he sent a reading to Memphis.

Dr. Lan looked at the reading and saw that he had been having several episodes of rapid heart beat but none of them had been fast enough to trigger the device. So, he increased his amiodorone again for awhile and put him on another one that is supposed to help stabilize his heart rate. Since he has started the new med, which he takes at totally different times than his other meds, he goes to sleep for 15-20 minutes almost immediately. He's also taking his blood pressure and checking his heart rate more frequently.

He still doesn't have to go to the dr. before his regular appointment, unless of course there are problems that come up or this new combination of drugs doesn't help.

Again I'm sorry that there haven't been any posts for a while. But, in this journey, just like any other, there are times when nothing is happening.

Bill has his 6 month heart cath in October and everything was fine. He responded well to the increased pulmonary pressure so there is again no reason for a transplant not to happen. Now, if a heart would just become available.

We're free of doctors until February so if there are no posts until then, you will know that everything is going smoothly.

I hope everyone has a safe and thankful Thanksgiving and a blessed Christmas. Every day of life is something we take for granted, but it is something to be truly thankful for every day.