Should I Go or Should I Stay?

Well that was interesting!  2 nurses came in packed up all Bob's supplies, threw out his ice water and apple juice, and said he was being transfered to the step down unit. I thought, "Oh, great! Bob is really doing well."

Then Dr. Deeb, Bob's surgeon appeared, told his PA to turn off Bob's pacemaker, talked to Bob very briefly about the surgery, and left.

Then the nurses came back and said Bob was staying in the ICU. The head resident was the one that decided that Bob could be moved but the big cheese put the cabash to that. I think that it is good that he stays here for another 24 hrs. as without the pacemaker, there is an obvious difference in his EKG and he says that he feels little flutters now.

His main problem continues to be lack of sleep, although he is taking a nap right now. They have removed the main line from the caratid but that meant creating a new line in his needle-free right arm which required a specialist as 2 different people have said that his skin is as tough as shoe leather.

Bob woke up and wants me to add that it's good that we got here. He just heard from Dr Deeb this afternoon how serious his condition really was.

I wrote a long, descriptive entry this am that didn't go through so if I've missed anything that you're curious about, write back.

Thank you all for all the positive thoughts and prayers. We have truly been blessed with special friends and family and compassionate and extremely capable health care professionals.

Love, Bob and Laurie