Awww, thank you for the prayers and good vibes...Yall are sweethearts.
Well, as it turns out, after doing what they call an EP study...which is where they put "eloctrodes in from the groin to the heart" they did NOT feel it necessary to put a pacemaker in at this time. However, they did feel it necessary to put in/implant a Heart Monitor...so he did have a surgery of sorts and spent the night in the hospital.
I felt so bad cause I wasn't there for him as soon as he got out of surgery. And I was the first one he asked for..."Where is my mom" when he came to and his wife was there. See, the kids had gotten up early yesterday morning to take off for the hospital but didn't have enough time to drop Joey off at Mindy's mom's house so I took care of Joey through the day. My mom finally arrived at my house around 5pm and she, Joey and I headed out for the hospital then.
When I came in to see him he had all these tubes everywhere...ekg, monitors etc. He was in alot of pain and they had been giving him Demoral but apparently it was not doing the trick.
He said he could have the heart monitor in his chest for up to 4 years. He also said that it will have some kind of button for him to push and will measure heart activity can also deliver an elec shock if needed. All of this info is via young difficult child as I STILL have not talked to an actual dr about his condition and whats going on.
He will come home today. Not sure how Mindy's going to be able to handle taking care of young difficult child while he recoups plus Joey. I may have to go over and pick him up/bring him back here at my home.
Oh, the heart monitor is supposed to be able to tell the docs at some point either what kind of pacemaker he will need in the future or what kind of medicine.
Thank you again for all the kind thoughts and prayers.
You all are good friends to have.
Love,
Tammy