Today we have good news again, and not so good news. Nothing major wrong, just a little blip.

The heart cath went well. Dr. Yip said that all of his pressures were good and the heart was doing great. We'll have to do some labs at home in 3 months and come back in 6 months for an echo and clinic appointment and then continue the labs. He also said that Bill has a lot of scar tissue on both groin sites so any further heart caths would be through the wrist. I didn't know that was possible, but I guess it is. He also said that he may not need to have any more biopsies since he is at 2 years out, but if they were necessary he would go back through the neck again.

Now for the not so good. When it was time for Bill to get dressed for discharge, after he had walked and sat in a chair, our nurse saw that his back was bright red and as we watched other parts of his body started turning red. She also checked his groin and it had started to bleed. So, pressure and laying flat again for another hour. She also called Dr. Yip about the rash.

Since Bill is allergy to the contrast dye, he gets pre-medicated with Benadryl, Zantac, and Prednisone. Usually he gets it by mouth the night before and the morning of the procedure. Dr. Yip said that generally the evening dose was not effective so they would just medicate before the procedure. Well, Dr. Yip was wrong! Bill is so miserable! He did get another dose of the meds before we left the hospital, but so far it hasn't worked much. Hopefully it will start working soon, and I can give him more Benadryl tonight, but right now he's itching like crazy!

We're still planning on leaving in the morning. Since we won't be able to go to the beach for dinner tonight, I'm thinking we might go in the morning for breakfast. But, if not, it will be there next time! Right now sleeping in, at least past 6, sounds wonderful!

I will update again tomorrow, and it may be a shorter one, after we get the biopsy results. For now I'm going to put my feet up and drink my Diet Coke and relax! It's been a long couple of days!