We are getting closer to the end of Cardiomyopathy. Right now, it’s still at a snail’s pace, but each small step is one step closer.. As much as we hated for John not to be able to wait at home for his new heart, this is the journey we are on, and we are not in control. Every decision and every stage is a part of God’s ultimate plan to heal John in His way, in His timing.
This morning John had an appointment at 8:00 for a right heart catheterization. This measures the pressures in his heart and gives the doctors much needed information to insert a “balloon pump” safely. A balloon pump will help John’s heart pump blood to the lower part of his body. The plan was to do the heart catheterization, insert the balloon pump, and move John to the ICU.
When we got to the hospital, and they took John’s blood, they discovered that his blood was still too thin to do the catheterization. He had been off of his blood medicine for a week, but it still needed to be thicker.
Instead of going ahead with the procedure, they put him in a regular hospital room to wait until tomorrow. Hopefully his blood will be thicker then.
John got an hour and a half of sleep last night because he has so much trouble breathing, a lot of aches, and of course a lot on his mind. He’s hanging in there, but it’s hard.
This is the sickest I’ve ever seen him.
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