We watched a movie late last night. We’ve mostly been watching Grey’s Anatomy or just listening to worship music and playing on our phones. But Amanda has wore me out on Grey’s, so we watched a couple of movies yesterday. It’s a good thing our late-night movie wasn’t one that Amanda liked because she didn’t…

Amanda felt pretty rough before bed last night. I’m not sure if the new medication was still wearing off or what. Either way, she didn’t feel the greatest. All day yesterday, she just felt crummy. When I got up this morning, she said she felt okay, but she didn’t look it. She seems tired today,…

While I was out, Amanda had a spell. She said she got flushed, and her chest started hurting, but not like before. She’s had palpitations since she got out of the cath lab. Her chest had a pressure feeling this time. I think that freaked the ICU team out; they ordered an EKG and an…

The EP covering for the weekend came by early in the morning after I returned from getting ready. The fellow had told me he’d be coming in and covering while they were gone for the weekend. He was in the procedure yesterday and had first-hand knowledge of the case. He first mentioned that he remembered…

Amanda’s rate was a little lower after a night’s sleep, and the new rate medication had time to kick in. The medication is Flecainide, an anti-arrhythmic specifically made for lowering arrhythmias. So far, she has been on beta blockers, drugs that will reduce her rate, as well as blood pressure (which is typically on the…

I forgot to post about the cards. We received nearly 50 cards today. Mostly from people we did not know, from Massachusetts and Oregon to Colorado and California and all over Texas. She received many cards from all over from people we did know with sweet notes, too. Many of the cards where from a…

I slept horribly last night; I don’t think Amanda slept well, either. There was a tyrant charge nurse barking orders, you know, give some power, and they’ll wield it to the max. I heard her early in the evening but never pinpointed which one she was, but I could definitely hear her all night. Once…

The PLEX treatment today was only albumin, so it didn’t wipe her out as badly as the plasma. She still didn’t feel great afterward. The cold feeling still hit her; I told the tech and asked him to turn the machine temperature up early. Amanda didn’t feel like eating, but I had leftovers from dinner…

We weren’t awake long before the day nurse came in and said you’re NPO, no food, and are having an ablation today. Have they talked to you? Um, as a matter of fact, they have not! Not long after, the EP came in, followed by his budding fellow that we talked to yesterday. This is…

We might have come to the end of the Ambien saga. Amanda got the right sleeping meds last night. A doctor who was on the night before knew the story, so he came to check. I said 10 at 10, and he was like, yeah, okay. 10mg at 10 pm; I’m going to pound that…