Evening Chris update

[semperfiona]

Still no diagnosis. They don't think it was a heart attack, but they don't know what it was. He was going to have a stress test this afternoon, but the cardiologist postponed it because he thought there was a possibility that Chris might have an injury or aneurysm on the aorta (yikes!). C is having a CT scan right now to check for that, and depending on the results we may learn something.

I'm at home at the moment, having left the hospital to pick Rosa up from school and get her evening routine moving, but we'll both probably go back over later on, once he's back from the scan.

It's been a long day mostly filled with waiting around and no news; I haven't seen a single doctor visit him during the time I was with him, but he says he saw someone when he was taken to the stress test area.

Comments

[needlegrrl]

thinking good thoughts for you guys.

maybe ask about gall bladder stuff? two people i know have thought they were having heart attacks and it's wound up being gall bladder related.

[semperfiona]

Thanks, we'll keep that in mind!

[mousefeathers.livejournal.com]

Life in the hospital is a lot of that. I could endorse the cafeteria at MoBap, but we never spent much time at BJ, and that whole campus has changed a lot since I worked there.

I thought of gall bladder too, briefly; one hopes the docs aren't completely clueless, but BJ usually employs the best. Just don't be shy about being an advocate for your patient, in case he doesn't do it himself.

Be sure to take some time--and hugs!--for yourself and Tammie and Rosa while caring for Chris.