Timothy's Posts

So shortly after I posted my last entry I started getting escalating pain in the right side of my chest and shoulder. It quickly became extremely unbearable, even with pain meds, easily the most pain I had ever experienced. The crash team descended as I started sweating profusely. I thought I was having a heart attack and was quite scared. The pain was treated successfully with IV diluadid and x-rays and an ekg were taken. The team came to the conclusion that Amit had gotten into my chest cavity via my chest tube wound. A CT scan was neg for clots. All clear on that one. Today I had my electrical study done to check my rhythm. Initially everything went well but with further testing it was decided that I would need a pacemaker. Wow, not the week I was excpecting at all!!! Well at least I get to go home tomorrow.

Well this one wasn't fun. I got up for an early morning walk around the hospital floor and did 5 laps. It felt good but may not have been a good idea. In the later morning the pain was intense, 8-9, around incision and right chest area. It took a few hours to get it controlled. So last night I was very aggressive with the pain meds and slept great. I was going easy on the meds worrying about dependency. Anyway, I am scheduled for the angio test for my rhythm issue tomorrow and can not wait to get out of here.

Had an incident of bradycardia on Tuesday which required pacing. Recovered from that and am now at a consistent rhythm. Problem is that I have sustained a leftbundle branch block where one path that fires the ventricle is not working. They are going to wait to see if it kicks back in. If it doesn't, I will have to have a pacemaker placed. Not feeling great about this situation right now as everything is otherwise flowing smoothly. Third day post op and making three laps around the recovery floor.