The Out Patient procedure went perfectly. I was told that it would take about an hour and it took about 1/2 hour . We got at the hospital at 11:30am and Dad went through all the pre-procedure stuff-checking in, Insurance check, hospital papers to sign, and directions to the waiting room. We sat in that room just a short time and when a nurse came and took Dad back to his curtained room to strip and put on his fancy hospital gown and then his assigned nurse "Tony" inserted the intravenous needle and checked his vitals,etc. When Dad was ready we (David) and I could
Wait with him for the doctor to arrive. 2 female nurses dropped by to introduce themselves as the nurses who would be assisting the doctor. The representative from the device company (Travis, whom we know from prievous occasions) brought his laptop to check the old device and explained things about the new one. He is also with the doctor during the procedure . Dad will have a white, wireless box and a scale mailed to him in about two weeks. Info collected in his device can be sent through phone lines to the heart hospital to a monitoring center for the device. This is a long way from Benjamin and his key, kite and lightning. The doctor was only an hour later than scheduled but that was okay. It was better than being cancelled because of an emergency that the doctor had to attend to. All the services were excellent. Dad, only saw Dr Chan after he revived. Tony was a great attending nurse and of course,Dad loved the girl nurses. One had attended a Michigan College and Dad told her he went to Ohio State AFTER the procedure. She liked Dad and kissed his bald head before she left for the day. More info later. I gotta go do some housework.
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Thank you for the update on all you both have been thru. I'm so pleased that David was there with you, when you see him again tell him that I greatly appreciated his kindness. Did I understand right? The doctors can moniter the new device via phone lines? Please more information on this. Love to you Both and Big Hugs and Kisses from Dennis and Me.
that is so cute how the nurse kissed his head
i'll bet that made him feel even more comfortable- it was like a kiss from us.
I posted the wrong defibrillator on my blog. Any way I made a correction & put a WEB site on there for others to click on, to get a better idea of this new technology. It's pretty amazing. Check it out.
So glad he is doing well. Sounds like he had a good team with him.
My guess for something strange you do is you save things that can be thrown away.
That's funny my mom gave the answer away. I didn't know she was a ghost writer too.
glad to hear all went well! I tried calling that evening on your cell but I guess you guys were still in the process.
The kiss from the nurse was a pleasant surprise.
It was so sincere and comforting.
And the kisses from Donna and the prayers were comforting.
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