Thursday, May 18, 2006

Tuesday May 16th from a Hospital Bed

Day Two in Holmes Regional
Hasn't really registered that I am going into the second day of being "in the joint" and it looks like I will be her thru tomorrow at least.
Doctor Vicari is using a medicine called Flecainide (Tambocor).
It is an anti-arrythmic and has some major side effects. The side effects are the reason I'm here. TO see if there are adverse reactions to the medicine.
THe doctor has informed me that before I can be released that his desire is to build the medicine up to level in my sytem and then to do another "hard reset."
That's what is called Cardio-Aversion, the paddles! It was what they did a month ago. (See the pictures at the bottom of my blog!)
It should put the heart into regular rhythm and then the medicine should maintain the rhythm.
If it does, then I shouldn't need the RF Ablation procedure. That would be great.
Cardio-Aversion is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Taking it easy today as it was a rough night last night. (One side effect is sleeplessness, another is a terrible metal taste in my mouth). Yeech!
Appreciate the prayers and concern.

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