Happy birthday daddy! I think of you often and miss you. I feel your presence though, especially then I am trying to fix something. I hear your laughter when I do something stupid and feel your pride when I succeed.
Went to the Cardiologist today. Left with more questions than answers again. That seems to happen to me a lot! He looked at the report from the ED that diagnosed me with Atrial Flutter. He didn’t understand why they reached that diagnosis other than that is what the machine said. He said the strip didn’t show that. Did I have it or not? He isn’t sure.
He is requesting more information from the ED to see if they have any other proof of their diagnosis. He seemed surprised they sent me home without putting me on a blood thinner. He almost took me off of the blood thinner my doctor had put me on five days after I was in the ED but decided to wait to see if the ED can provide more confirming information. He did order a Nuclear Stress Test to be done. That will probably not happen until I return from my trip.
His office is to call me with the results of the Stress Test and if it is negative and the ED has no more information he will let me go off the blood thinner. If I didn’t have Atrial Flutter he really didn’t know what might have been happening. I have a follow-up appointment with him in August.
Not sure what to think of all this yet. Maybe I was given a reboot and the medical field doesn’t understand how that works. It would be great news if it wasn’t heart related although that leaves me not knowing what did happen. As long as it doesn’t happen again I guess I am good to go!
Didn’t do any shopping in Topeka. I tried on the skirts I had gotten last year and they fit so I have what I need for clothes to take to Italy. The shirts hang lower than they did but I have no trouble keeping them up so I am good to go. Glad I didn’t buy something new yesterday.
Got some heavy rain for just a bit last night. The wind was pretty strong for a bit too. Only have 1/2 inch in my gauge. It was a pond filler type of rain though as it came down fast and hard. Grateful for every drop. Missed the rain that was in the forecast for today.
The baby chickens survived the storm. I thought about checking on them just before the rain hit but I wouldn’t have made it down to the coop and back up to the house before the heavy rain started. They are still hiding out. Trusting they are figuring out a way to get something to eat and drink. Not sure if they went in the big house last night or if they stayed outside.
The rest of the day and tomorrow morning I will spend cleaning and preparing for the guests arriving tomorrow evening. They are only spending one night so won’t be here long. Almost not worth cleaning for only one night and only two guests. Will be nice to leave knowing my whole house is clean though.
Don’t know anything more than I did before I went to the Doctor today. Next time I come to earth I need to remember to read the medical book so I can present with issues that the medical staff can understand. I seem to not follow their protocol and rules.
Grateful for the rain we received without having any damage done by the high winds, grateful for skirts that fit and that I didn’t buy anything new yesterday, and grateful for a safe trip to the doctor and home again.