Here is the rundown on yesterdays hullaballoo. Hurrying to volunteer the NY Comic Con I turned my ankle on 8th Ave stumbling down like a sack of flour down a staircase. I knew right away that my ankle was hurt but what was not immediately evident was that…
Category: Hospital
Result: Two Quarts High
The Thoracentesis went nearly without a hitch on Friday. I surprised all the physicians with the sheer volume of liquid drained out of this busted thorax. Comparative Photograph Only. This is cherry syrup not pleural fluid.* Two quarts or so later I felt like I was having a poltergeist squeeze my heart as invisible compadres […]
Latest Update on Bill’s Long and Winding Road – Amended
So sorry for the lack of an update lately. I went into Columbia Presbyterian on Sunday the 4th was admitted to have a Pericardial Window to drain the fluid off my heart. I was in the hospital until Thursday the 8th when I was discharged full of pith and vinegar. And another malaise waiting in […]
Finally…An Update!
The Author approximately 24 hours after surgery. Sorry it has taken so long to post an update. The remote updating function I had come to rely upon was not functioning properly so I could not post while in Hospital as I had planned. Nevertheless, here I am to give you a week’s (plus) worth of […]
All systems…GO!
Just a scant few hours left until I go in for the valve replacement. I went to the hospital for my pre-op tests. I got a rather dry DVD explaining what I can expect from the whole process. To be honest I got pretty much everything from the pamphlet they sent me last week. But […]
The George Washington Bridge.
Here is the view from the Milstein Pavilion Hudson River So. Room 46. Yes folks, after more than 60 hours in the Cardiac Care Unit of Columbia Presbyterian I was discharged on my own recognizance. As I was walking out I heard one of the wonderful staff comment how rare it is to see a […]
Troubles flushed away
Well as I lie in my hospital bed of course my thoughts went to the five or so of you who may be monitoring this blog I had the Electrophysiology or “EP” Study this afternoon and the Atrial Ablation seems to have done the trick. My pulse which went well above 200 two days ago […]
What else could go wrong?
Well, if all my cardiac foibles weren’t enough, yesterday a new layer of intrigue was added to the roster.Around mid-day I noticed that my heart was racing. I initially chalked it up to an anxiety attack. When squared breathing and other techniques failed to quell the pounding in my chest I called – and was […]
Update Haiku 12-15-06
So here is the deal: A Pseudo Aneurysm Is all that it was. ~ I got two whole hours Of compression therapy In the “upper leg“. ~ A photograph of a certain Hematoma located by an amateur sonogram tech. ~ And now it’s resolved! As this picture clearly shows Hematoma? Pfft! ~ I went to […]
Update Haiku 12-12-06
It sounds ominous. A partial aneurysm. In the … “upper leg.” ~ ~ But it’s really not. Or so they are telling me. We’ll find out Friday.