So here we are. Back for another procedure at the Stollery. It's funny how it feels like we never left, but at the same time lots of little things have changed.
I am truely exhausted today. Travelling all day for reasons that are not considered "leisure" isn't fun. I remember road trips to Edmonton in my early 20s where the trip there was some of the best parts of the trip. This time it was just long.
Today didn't relieve the exhaustion. We were up at 6:00 to be up and ready for Dominic's 1st appointment at 8:15 (ultrasound of his clot). After that it was off to get a general assessment and echocardiogram, then a quick lunch and to his preadmission clinic. The clinic took over 3 hours so we didn't leave the hospital until after 4:00 and I was just beat. I think we all were, but life doesn't just stop, and things don't just take care of themselves, so we ended up being steadily busy the rest of the day.
It has been determined that Dominic will be having the cath tomorrow and they are going in through his neck. Long story short, there are about a million ways this can go wrong and it can go as well as perfect and he could be discharged Friday after 24 hours of observation. Another possible outcome is that they could find out that he needs open heart surgery anyway once they are in there and we could be here for another month (or longer).
But one step at a time.
Think of us at 7am Alberta time when Dom goes in and hope that all goes well!
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