Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Day 2 of the Assessment

Today we got to leave a little later because the Pulmonary Function test at 9.00 am was cancelled.  Pete had this test on January 13, 2014 and it was close enough in time that they could use those numbers. 

The roads weren't too bad....just a bit slippery in the city.  Shari was heading into the city too and we weren't to far behind her and when she found herself in a traffic jam on the Anthony Henday she phoned us and we rerouted to Groat road and arrived at the University of Alberta right on time.

First thing we met with the Heart Transplant Cardiologist.  He wanted to meet Pete and then basically explained the how and why of the Cardiac Catheterization & Coronary Angiogram which will happen tomorrow.

Then the Lab took more blood for another test needed, but just 1 vial this time!!!  Just an interesting note....we asked the nurse what Pete's blood type was and she told us that it was "A" and that this was good because apparently blood type A patients do much better in the recovery process.  Sounded good to us!

We headed off to the Rehab and here Pete did the 6 minute walk test.  This is where they do comparison stats of before and after.

Then we were off to have the Bronchoscopy done. This took awhile and basically they insert a viewing scope into your lungs to check out the breathing passages and look for things that would stop them from doing the transplant.......they had given him a mild sedative and numbing spray to numb his mouth and throat (Pete says that they use "something that looks like a WD40 can, just fancier to do this").  Dr. Weinkauf did this one and he said that it went okay and that they didn't find any cancer.  Something we are very thankful for.  On the way home I asked Pete how it went and he says that he had fallen asleep and missed it all and was disappointed because he had wanted to see the inside of his lungs.  That would have been neat.

That's it for today.  We leave at 5.15 am tomorrow and have to overnight it in the city.  We are staying in the Out Patients Rooms of the University Hospital.  Home is too far away in case a bleed starts.



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