20,775 Days and Counting

This morning I woke and for some reason I wondered, how many days have I been on this planet?


I know some of you have wondered which planet I came from, to be honest some days I'm not sure. You can always ask my sister Linda, I'm pretty sure she'll know.



To answer the original question of the day I pulled out my calculator. Yes I do have a calculator and it revealed to me that I am 20,775 days old today. It's not my birthday, on my birthday I plan to be 20,805 days old. That's a lot of days, I haven't figured out how many hours yet. I am not that ambitious, besides that may be too tiring and possibly a bit depressing. Depressing especially if you subtract the number of hours spent watching TV or worse the amount of time lost being forced to wait through commercials. Enough said.

Tomorrow is the next phase of my journey. Tomorrow I will wake up in the Quality Inn at about 5am, scrub myself down with a special sponge and head off to the hospital to get my heart tuned up and regulated. I would be a fool if I wasn't a bit nervous. That doesn't mean I am not calm on the outside I am. On the inside, I'm just as nervous as last year when they cracked me open. The best part is I won't be splayed open for six hours this should be a walk in the park. The surgery should take between 1 & 3 hours.

Thanks everyone for your support over the past year while this story has been played out. I look forward to blogging about my latest adventure in a couple of days. In the meantime Merete will probably post tomorrow after she has some news to tell you.

A special Thanks to Janna & Travis who will be coming over to help Merete worry and help me through this. A big hug to Brie who just called me from Geneva to wish me well and catch up on the latest mountain adventures.

Cheers!

Heprin How To Video.

It didn't hurt a bit, really you should
try it some time.

Andy Rooney Moment

You ever have one of thoose dayz?
You wake up on time, eat your breakfast have a coffee, shower and shave ready for your first appointment.





Ever had one thooose dayz when everything seems to be place, you drive to your appointment and arrive early and no one is in the waiting room except you.

Ever had one thooose dayz when your Doctor can't figure out why you are there and why you need a physical when you see him every other week. He then ticks all the appropriate boxes for the report even the one where you lie a little bit.

Ever had one thooose dayz when he gives you your prescriptions and then comments on your pending surgery. "This should give you some peace of mind having the defibulator put in, won't improve your condition but it is good for safety." You stand there a moment and discover that you have turned into one those big eyed kids in the black velvet paintings. Staring up you sputter, "But I thought if it resynchronized my ventricles it would improve my condition." He tilts his head and says "It Might."

Ever had one thooose dayz when you drive forty minutes to pick up your prescriptions only to find they won't be ready until 3pm and it's only 10:30 in the morning?

Ever had one thooose dayz when you turn into Andy Rooney and ramble on about stuff that isn't under your control? Ever had one thooose dayz when you just have to laugh and say whatever, I guess I'll just have to deal with it?

I do and this is one of thooose dayz.

See the full Andy Rooney Moment@ http://mountaindouche.blogspot.com/

Got the Call

The game is afoot! I got the call this morning about Heprin and the pending surgery.

I should be in recovery by this time next Tuesday.

Merete will be sitting wringing her hands and I plan to be muttering about wanting to go home.

Tomorrow I meet with Dr. Pocock and then I'll go get my Heprin syringes. Pinch and Poke for the next seven days.


I should have 7 loonie sized bruises by this time next week.

Yahoooooo! The waiting will be over.

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Spring Morning Report

The good news is that it stopped raining during the night and right now it's dry. I visited Dr. Pocock on Friday because my BP kept dropping into the really low zone. At one point it was down to 62 over 41. Needless to say I was a bit dizzy and looked like I was moving in slow motion.

We've adjusted my medication again and dropped the Spiro down to a half a dose of 12.5 mg once a day. It is a diuretic and was running my blood down to thin.

I skipped one day of medication and started the half dose yesterday. I still had the same effect but it didn't last as long. That's a good thing.

The Countdown Begins

Good Morning Campers! I just got of the phone with Michelle at Royal Jubilee Hospital.

We have a date for surgery, April 13th at 8am.

No it is not a Friday I checked.




So on Tuesday April 13th, I will have to be at the hospital by 6 am. A special package of instructions will be sent within a week, and a new blood thinner will be called into the pharmacy.

I also found out that I will not be in the hospital for more than one night. This is good news, originally I was told 5 days, with a month of recovery. Perhaps this too will change and I will be able to dig holes in the garden sooner than I thought.

That's it for now, I will post updates as we get closer to the procedure. It's been a long wait and now at least we can get back to (so called) normal.