Have a good lunch with HRH today, Harriet.
We had a busy day yesterday -cardiac rehab in the morning, dh had a 'last-minute' winterization to do -was supposed to be today but RVer was afraid of overnight temps (it is now 27). Had our pictures done at church -a much nicer experience than I was anticipating. That's a big 'ta-da' for me!
From there we stopped by to say good-bye to DS-R & family. DDIL was the only one home.
I didn't want to get too close to her -we stood in the (very cold) garage. In the end she wanted to hug me anyway. (Can't believe I'm still coughing like this). But she did say they will probably come get their 5th wheel to take it to the dealership before the end of the week. Their new one is on the floor being made in INdiana. RV dealership told them to go ahead and bring their old one in and when the new one gets there, they will store it for the winter. So we probably will get to see DS & dgs8 before we leave. Have to figure out a birthday present for dgs before we leave too. What to get, what to get........Stopped at T Horton's & had a cup of coffee & a bowl of soup. Went from there to the Dr's office. Had to wait somewhere so figured we'd do it in comfort. Dr visit was VERY interesting. Talked a lot about what is going on with dh. As we already knew his blood work from last week shows dh is quite anemic. Dr explained different causes that could be the culprit. He told dh that since it's been 5 months since his surgery, his blood count SHOULD be back up to pre-surgery levels at least -it's not. Quite low as a matter of fact. Told Dr that dh had blood work re-done yesterday & he couldn't find it on the computer so had the nurse look for it. Not -she even called the lab & evidently it's lost in space -they had no record. So -Dr ordered a whole slew of tests which they did before we left. Told us he would call tomorrow with results & a plan of action. Checking for iron, vit b-12 and a bunch of other stuff. Part I remember as figuring out how his system is handling & making blood cells.
Part that was very interesting was regarding his water retention. Dr told us that once blood was under control the heart & kidneys will work better and the problem should be less. Guess part of the theory is that after they removed his external pace maker & drains that he probably 'popped' a stitch in the heart & that has slowly leaked -that would just stay in the sack around the heart.
TMI -Dr had said the way they could tell if he was bleeding elsewhere was to do an -------- exam. I was going to leave at that point, but he was so fast in telling dh to 'drop your drawers' that he was done before I could gather myself.
No internal bleeding that was showing up there. Thus the conclusion that it's probably the heart itself. We both feel much more at peace knowing that probably things will move now. We were both fearing another trip to the hospital or specialists. Think we may be ok.
