How quickly things change! When John's Doctor visited us, at 8am this morning, he explained that John's heart rate had dipped down into the 20's again during the night. He would not consider sending him home today. He would arrange for the surgical procedure to have a pacemaker inserted and John would have to stay in the hospital until after surgery. When and where was left up in the air! ...either Kelowna or Kamloops.
Later, around 12:30pm the phone rang at home. It was John to say that the specialist had been to see him and that he would perform the surgery! Could I please come back to the hospital to discuss this new piece of information.
On the way to the hospital I ran things through my head, unable to grasp the fact that the specialist was also a surgeon. How experienced was he with this procedure? Why not Kelowna or Kamloops?
On arrival, I found the specialist at the nurses' station and queried him. He assured me that he was not performing the surgery. John would be sent to Kamloops on Friday and maybe stay overnight there if they had a bed for him. Otherwise he would be returned to Salmon Arm following the surgery. The next day the specialist would visit John to program the pacemaker.
We were both relieved. This is another example of why people should have another person along when talking with/listening to a Doctor!!
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