A Little Set Back

Sunday February 1, 2009

LeRoy has been experiencing some chest pains over the coarse of the week, which the Dr. said would be "normal" for a little while given the trauma his heart has been through. We decided to go to a movie on Sunday afternoon rather than watch the "Super Bowl", can you believe that!! LOL While at the movie LeRoy started to have pains in his chest again only this time they did not go away after a few minutes like they usually do. We decided to go to the ER and not take any chances that something might be wrong.
Once at the hopsital, which was pretty busy, a few patients there due to "fights" over the game! LOL The nurse that brought us back to the exam room asked us what was going on and then realized who we were. She said, "you were here last week right?" We told her we had been there the week before only early in the morning. She immediately reconginzed LeRoy and said "YOUR THE GUY!!!! YOUR THE GUY WE SAVED LAST WEEK!!!"She was so excited to see LeRoy and introduced him to all her peers as.."the guy they saved". He was the talk of the ER! Turns out she was the nurse that had to pound his chest and start compressions on his chest and applied the Shock pads. She had to give us big hugs and tell us how happy she was that things turned out the way they did. She said she had wondered how he was doing since once patients leave the ER they don't ususally get to see them again due to privacy laws etc. It was so nice to get the chance to THANK her and a couple of the other staff that were there last Sunday!
Anyway, back to the update.... LeRoy continued to have pain in his chest... they took a chest Xray, did an EKG and drew bloodwork. After getting his enzyme levels back from his bloodwork the Cardiologist on staff decided to admit LeRoy for observation overnight, his enzyme levels were a little elevated and they did not know if it was residual from the heart attack or if it was new stress to the heart. The pains could be caused due to inflamation around the heart or fluid around the heart which are common after heart trauma. There is no point in taking chances so LeRoy was admitted to ICU where he spent the night.

Monday February 2, 2009

LeRoy had a long and sleepless night. His IV machine kept beeping all night and he kept getting woken up by the nurses for blood pressure and blood draws. He was tired when I got to the hospital about 8 am and still having pain in his chest, although not as painful as it had been Sunday evening. They did not give him breakfast because they where not sure if the Dr was going to do and Angiogram to check the stents etc. It was finally around 11:00 when the Cardiologist came in. Poor guy was pretty hungry!!
The Dr ordered an EKG and Echocardiogram (Ultrasound) to see if they would give any indications as to what is causing the pain in LeRoy's chest. His enzyme level was still a little elevated so the Cardiologist decieded to do a "stress test". Depending on the result of that test he would decided if he wanted to to another Angiogram to have a closer look at the stents and check for any other blockages. Just as LeRoy got his breakfast tray they came to take him for the stress test so he never got to eat, this was about 12:15! The stress test came back with results that were "hard to decipher" as the Dr put it. LeRoy's heart rate was higher than it should be after the test and as a precaution the Dr has decided to do the Angiogram tomorrow. They did not give us a time for the procedure, They will "work him in " as early as possible in the morning.
LeRoy was finally given a lunch tray about 1:30, he was sure happy to see some food!!!
LeRoy spent most of the day just "hanging around". The kids spent the afternoon with Dad watching cartoons! LOL He did get a good nap in for an hour or two this afternoon. He had a nice dinner and watched a little TV and visted with his Mom and myself. Hopefully he will be able to sleep in his own bed tomorrow night!