6/22/09

This weekend was a little bit of a roller coaster ride for Dad. He wasn't feeling well at all on Saturday morning but started to feel a little better towards the end of the day. His lungs still haven't been expanding like they should so he decided he felt well enough to really push himself and work his lungs on Saturday night. He decided to go on a walk but ended up climbing a few flights of stairs while he was at it. Although this little adventure helped his oxygen levels, his heart started to beat extremelly irregularly. The nurse ended up having to call the doctor to get Dad prescribed to a medication that would steady his heartbeat, which means he got put back on the drip. When we went to see him yesterday morning, his heart had settled and he was feeling a lot better. The doctor came in and said he would be able to go home later that afternoon when the medication was finished. Right as they were getting ready to leave yesterday afternoon, Dad got a really sharp pain in his chest. It was hurting him to breath and had him doubled over. They decided to run a cat scan on him to make sure his blood wasn't clotting anywhere. Everything looked ok when they got the results back but they decided to keep him another night to make sure everything was still looking good. Day six and seven down!