At the hospital Well we didn’t get much sleep but we’re here! Dinner was great last night by the way, it was a neat little place in midtown. It’s restaurant week so they had a few selections from a tasting menu.  They took Amanda back to the pre-op room quickly, I’ll join her in a…

So today we had pre-op with a doctor and with the hospital. The doctor was what they call the second surgeon. For what Amanda’s is having done they require 2 surgeons to sign off on the surgery. The main doctor doing the procedure is an interventional cardiologist, a doctor that performs catheter based procedures (ie…

I started this page a little less than a year ago as we entered our 10th year on this journey with Amanda’s heart issues. I was hoping and praying that I wouldn’t need to post more updates for a while but that doesn’t seem to be the plan. As we now enter into our 11th…

Finally home, we left after lunch and got here around 6:30. Even with the long drive I’ll never complain though; it’s still much closer than when we use to go to Cleveland. The ride wasn’t terrible for Amanda. I had her securely fastened in with multiple pillows surrounding her! She napped most of the way,…

Well the night was about par not horrible but not great. Amanda had a little pain but they quickly got her some pain medicine. My hospital recliner wasn’t the best by far but I’ve slept in much worse at a hospital, including waiting rooms and vehicles!  They ended up not removing the tubes left in…

Amanda is doing much better this morning. She’s still in pain but it seems to be under control. We saw all the doctors early this morning. They’ve already processed her discharge. Hopefully we’ll be out of here my noon. Amanda is still wanting to come home today. The third day is usually the worst for soreness…

Schedule moved up They called this morning and asked us to get to the hospital as soon as we could. The schedule change and the procedure has been moved up. We came in they got her registered right away and she’s already in pre-op. She’ll be taken back soon. Just took her back Well so…

We made it to Houston this evening. We’re all checked in the hotel had dinner a just chilling out now. The surgery is at 3 tomorrow afternoon but we have to be at the hospital just after lunch. We’re staying in our usual hotel, just a block away from the hospital, but not the same type…

Amanda has been doing good, she’s getting better and better. She’s been up moving and doing more on her own. Well it took a while and a lot of calls but we were finally able to get the pacemaker interrogated. We didn’t have to go to San Antonio but we’re able to have it done in…

Amanda’s getting better and better everyday. She waking and getting up and around more and more each day. Her shoulder has been hurting her lately to the point where it’s more painful than her surgical site. It hasn’t been as bad today though.  We never did get ahold of the Medtronic rep. I called the…