Three Friends

I was wondering (((((((((((((((((((((Linda and Larry)))))))))))))))))))))))) This has happened before has it not ?

Thinking of you all and how good it is to have Pam and Emma at hand to help with the driving too.  I hope you manage to get some sleep Linda xxxx

I am sorry you and Larry are having to go through this again, sadly it is what it is though. I hope he doesn't have to stay in hospital too long and the Lasix does it job quickly.  ((((((((((((((((((((Linda & Larry))))))))))))))))))))  My thoughts and prayers are with you as always.

This does sound better with these different cardio. doctors and hopefully you can swap over and they can get Larry sorted maybe with a new or different pace maker. Not that I know anything about them ( thank goodness !!!!)   
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Larry)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))   PS. I Knew I had heard this similar prognosis before so maybe I am NOT so old and forgetful  !!!!!!!!!!

Good for Pam, once again she is right and you DO need time to relax at home and think about YOU and your mental health...... ! 

I need to clear up what I said about the surgery on the 18th.   That's an entirely different subject................it's his bladder, not his heart.  The urologist in Iowa City has been wanting to go up into his bladder area and look all around to see if there is any hidden cancer but now we have postponed it for the 3rd time due to this heart problem.   I can see why you were confused, there is a lot going on with Larry.
I've connected with the urology office and they will reschedule the bladder surgery YET AGAIN so we won't be going to Iowa City on the 18th for that.  Actually, we were going on the 17th because they were going to call that night to tell us what time to come on the 18th and if they said 7:00am we would have to leave here at 5:30 to get there and that's too early.  For now, we will stay put and take care of the heart.
Here's the latest on that.  One of the cardiologists we saw yesterday came in today about 5:00 and said Larry will need to stay in the hospital a couple more days or so to get rid of the fluid.  He says he believes that the pacemaker he has was not set properly so he made some tweaks on it this morning and he feels that will help.  If not, he will get a different pacemaker.  He asked Larry why he had been taking one of his medications twice a day and we said "because his doctor told him to".  This doctor said he believes it was twice as much as he should have had so he's cutting that back to once a day.  I looked up the side effects of that medication and one of them  is "trouble walking" and he certainly has had trouble and for quite a while now.  We really like this doctor, he's young, probably 30'something.  It's SO NICE that he doesn't have an accent so we can understand what he says.  We looked him up online and it says he studied in Poland and at Mayo in Phoenix but he is originally from Canada.  We asked if Larry could be his patient and he said that would be just fine so that's what we plan to do. 
I spent another day with him and Emma came up for a visit, she was with us a couple hours and then she had to go home and get ready to go to work.  She will go back to Waverly on Sunday, her Christmas break will be over.

Ah, I should have remembered about his bladder cancer op, that's cleared that up for me. Hopefully the 'tweaking' no doubt done by computer via an App for Pacemakers, will help ((((((((((Larry)))))))))) I am sure he must be very tired of all of this. I am glad that Larry was able to become a new patient of this Cardiologist, are his offices closer to you than the other specialist?
You must be tired ((((((((((Linda)))))))))) don't forget to look after yourself!!!

Good job the doctors know more than me then and I suppose some doctors know more than other ones !!  I do hope they can get it all sorted for (((((((((((((((((((((((Larry))))))))))))))))))))))))))

So far, so good!!!!!   He slept well, came up the steps and he wasn't short of breath at all. He is eating and doing normal things so hopefully it will last.