Angie & Jim

Pacemaker Replacementby Jim

Good morning! We’re here at the hospital bright and early for Angie’s second surgery in two weeks. The one good thing about having to report to the hospital at 5 AM is that there is no traffic, even heading into Silicon Valley. Today’s surgery is a little more involved than last time, but still shouldn’t be too bad. Her battery has been running low, so they wanted to replace her pacemaker. It usually lasts several years, and she’s had this one for a while, so it’s time. She’s 100% pacemaker dependent, so we can’t let the battery die. They’ve been monitoring it for a while to be sure she’s safe.

We haven’t received the results from the biopsy from last week yet, but I’ll post here when we do. They originally told her that she would need to stay overnight for observation even though this surgery today is usually a same-day surgery. Then at her pre-op appointment yesterday they said they might let her go home today if everything is looking good. Well, they asked her if she would prefer to stay at the hospital or go home instead. She pointed out that she always sleeps better when she doesn’t have an IV in her arm, so she’d prefer to go home. So, we’re hoping for a speedy recovery and a quick discharge today. If not, it should be early tomorrow at the latest.