Angie & Jim

Catheterization Finishedby Jim

They just brought Angie back to our room.  I thought I’d have to go wait outside the recovery area, but they brought her right back to her bed.  She’s trying to sleep now since she isn’t supposed to get up for 4 hours after the procedure.

The cath went reasonably well.  Her pressures were really high, but they found lots of fluid around her right lung, and after draining it, the pressures improved.  Not yet to normal, but improved. They took out an additional 1.5 L of fluid during the procedure.  The catheterization revealed that her heart circuit is working properly.  The heart function is below normal, but isn’t “bad” (according to Dr. Lui).  They didn’t do any sort of repair while they were in there, because everything looked fine.  However, they still haven’t identified why the fluid is accumulating, but they have a few more things to check into.

During the ultrasound this morning, they saw some abnormalities in her liver.  They want to do a CT scan to investigate further, but not today.  It isn’t scheduled yet, but I presume we’ll be tackling that tomorrow sometime.  The rest of today is devoted to resting and recovering from the day’s events.

Thanks for your prayers and concern.