how are we doing?

Answer: Not so hot! My stamina is now at the point where I can barely walk across the house. Having a shower takes a tremendous act of will. I am too tired to read--the book keeps falling on the floor. I have zero appetite. I force myself to eat a quarter of a sandwich. Jan has been making fruit smoothies. They taste good until I have had maybe a couple ounces. We've invested in Ensure. The lasix is doing its work: occasional good whiz and dropped about 7 lbs of the 25 I put on.

The Sleep Study.   The sleep study was same old, same old, but conducted beautifully. They tried a number of masks and of course the only satisfactory one was the full face. They had the supplemental O2 if needed and full oximetry with pulses. They reported that I was not in less than 90% saturation territory long enough for them to turn it on. Between times they were bugging me I seemed to sleep well and was surprised to see one of them by my bedside. With light out by 9:30, I was finished by 5:30. So, if they had a good tight sealing mask that I could not defeat, they were able to drive me by those periods when I usually jerk awake. It may also have helped that I did a full tab of the trazodone to start the proceedings. 5-7 days before official results on this. Sleep last night was wholly in bed--no chair for almost 8 hrs. It was interrupted,though.

Echo Cardiogram. Nicely conducted in the Cardiology Lab, this morning. Took 84 pix. Interesting share: SVTs all over the place some as high as the 180s? Those numbers equate with what I have seen on my little Wal Mart oximeter. No effort in breathing! Didn't seem to make any difference: there were SVTs. This will be read in 48 hrs and distributed.

Fall. I fell last night turning to sit in my chair and the chair squirted away dumping me on my lower back. This has led to further back weakness today and the cane is back with me for a while. Couldda been worse.

My Honey. In two days Jan and I will been married for 54 yrs. What a very special person she is. I could not have gotten through these past few months without her. We will have to find a special occasion once this mess concludes.