Good News from Duke

So, Reid weighs himself of Friday, 192, and on Monday morning, 198!!! What's wrong with this picture? Now some of you that know him might think that "hops and barley" were involved, but not only has he lost his taste for such, his eating is still not totally back. So we begin our detective work, and what do we discover, but large ankles, a little water weight gain. Being the good "Nurse Ratchet" that I am, I have read all my material and know that we need to make a phone call. And we did, and we saw Dr. Kowalski that afternoon. After sharing with him this new information, his reply was, and I quote,"This is easy!!!!!" He put Reid on Lasix and said go forth and urinate. (actually he did not say that, I just improvised)
And this morning, Reid has lost 3 lbs, YEA! Ain't modern medicine grand!
He walked the Burlington Mall yesterday and today. He walked Costco on Sunday, pushing a cart with 40lbs of dog food, and a few other things I thought we needed. He is working hard, and not complaining.
Now, the good news from Duke is that they have moved up his appt from April to the end of February!!! We think that the good doctor from Burlington (Dr.K) called and asked and we sure are glad!! He will have a MRI on February 26th to get a "picture" of his heart and determine the next step, which we hope is a defibrillator/pacemaker. We will go on
March 13th for that report and go forward from there. We were very excited. And he goes for orientation for his Cardio Rehab on Feb 4th. So, for now, more walking at the mall, Walmart, Lowes, lots of places!!! And we have been blessed with lots of good food this week from lots of good friends. We certainly have been thankful, we are a lucky bunch!!
LYMI, B___