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.