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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