Spring Me! ... Please?

I woke up this morning (Well, I was awakened, a whole different animal...) at 5:30 a.m. for my blood draw, and I was just lying here in bed thinking that I was going to go home once Dr. Lee had checked me over and pronounced me good to go ...

But there is one pesky unexplained problem: a pulse rate of 46 this morning. It was that low at least one other time over the weekend, so Dr. Lee had them send in the lady with the EKG machine, and THAT showed that I had had some kind of a cardiac incident at some unspecified time. 

Now, I wore a halter monitor for the first 48 hours that I was here, and had an EKG then also, but nothing showed up. In any case, a cardiologist is coming around to see me today, and if that is OK I can go home tomorrow. Ninety percent chance, Dr. Lee says. 

He also says that the low heart rate is a better explanation for my blacking out at home on Sunday a week ago than is just the dehydration. So, in a perverse way, he's happy to have something more concrete to investigate. 

I also told him that I didn't want the doctors here to do my gamma knife procedure, that I want to go back to my "old" radiation oncologist, but I'm expecting the radiation oncologist to come by again today and lean on me. 

Not only do I want to go back to a doctor who I have a history with, but I don't want to think about this next step too much until I get out of here. One thing at a time, please. 

Missing the Doggy Once I realized I was going to be in here for awhile, I had Older Son make arrangements for Connie the Wonder Dog to go back to the dog ranch. The dog taxi lady picked him up early at the house and whisked him off to Bone-a-Fide.

Yesterday, thinking I'd be going home today, I almost called to have the dog taxi bring Connie home today, but then I decided to wait until I talked to Dr. Lee, just in case. Good thing I did, but I'm missing my dog! Not to mention the cat, and my jewelry-making, and all the little tasks and joys that make up daily life. 

@ Jeanne Sather 2009. 

Comments

[Cathy McDonald]

Sorry to hear you are still in the hospital, but I am glad that they are doing a cardio check. Best to know your body systems are working as well as they can be before you do the radiation.
Like you, I would be more comfortable going to a radiologist I had worked with before, so don't let the new guy lean on you too hard and, if you need to, just LEAN BACK. Go with where your comfort zone is.
I hope you will be back to your "little tasks and joys" tomorrow. OK, I'm a little selfish here, I'm almost due for another pair of earrings!!!!
And again, thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Cathy