Friday, April 24

Well, you know the old adage that no news is good news, so that's why I haven't posted in a week. That's also why I'm posting today. Just got back from another visit to the emergency room here at Newton General. John didn't feel very well today, nothing very specific, but around 4:30 pm he started feeling very bad. When that happens, we head to the nearest ER. His heartrate was very erratic again, but didn't start racing or anything too extreme which was good. His blood work was pretty good too. So they gave him some IV medicines (he gets very sick to his stomach feeling, shaky, and short of breath for some of his symptoms) and then everything seems to settle back down. However, it takes several hours for his heart rate to level back out, and he feels really awful during the whole time. Although anxiety certainly adds to the stress of the situation, we sure do wish we could figure out what starts it. He doesn't want to get shocked again, and gets a bit anxious about that, but something starts this really bad way he gets to feeling.

But, we came home and are hoping for a calm weekend. We have to see the doctors at Emory, so we will probably do that on Monday. The good thing is that the ER doctor did speak to several of our doctors, and they were all in on decisions. We could have stayed overnight at Newton, or even transferred to Emory, but we and the doctors felt that coming home would be okay.

So please keep John in your thoughts and prayers, since we have no idea of the time frame for this we will keep asking for your support.