Room 625, Bed Two, Day Three

It looks as though there will be no second shocking. 

I am somewhat stabilizing on the amiodorone drip. The problem with the drip is that the drug must be administered slowly and it can cause a lot of damage to my veins. So they have been switching the IV from arm to arm every 24 hours, or as I complain about the burning sensation at the IV site.

I am on a heart monitor and I guess I have had some nice jumps in my heart rate. A couple of times it jumped to over 200 beats, but just for a few seconds. 

So every once and a while, a nurse stops in and asks if I felt that. And I say, "Felt what?"

The nausea is gone but the rib soreness remains. 

The word is that I am in line for an Ablation. Here is what WebMD says about it.

This is a procedure to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib), a type of irregular heartbeat. It can help keep your heartbeat in a normal rhythm. Your doctor may try ablation if medications or resetting your heartbeat, called cardioversion, don’t work.

As we know, the cardioversion did not work and once they stabilized me on the drug, they saw no reason to hit me with another shock.

Here is more info from WebMD.

Catheter ablation , also called radiofrequency or pulmonary vein ablation, is nonsurgical and is the least invasive. Your doctor inserts a thin, flexible tube in a blood vessel in your leg or neck. Then they guide it to your heart. Your doctor uses either heat, cold, or radio energy to scar tissue inside your heart, in the location where the irregular beats are triggered. The treated tissue helps to stop your irregular heartbeat.

There is a surgical procedure as well but I am a candidate for the Cath version.

I guess they are waiting to see if they can fit me in now or if they will schedule it down the road. 

My preference is to do it now. I'm here, I'm ready, I'm not going skiing.

That is the latest from Room 625, presently a private room, but that could change at any moment.

This could be my last post.