It's a Go!

A quick update: we've been given the green light by Al's cardiologist, and we are set to head north, finally. Tomorrow morning will find us on the road headed to Indiana, where we'll pick up our trailer and get it repacked. Then we'll be crossing Ohio, NY, Massachusetts New Hampshire and finally arrive at our summer work destination, Bar Harbor Maine. See you on the road!

Holding Pattern

I'm so sorry about the lack of updates, but everything is well so far. We had a follow-up last Tuesday with our regular G.P., to keep her in the loop as to his condition and also the cardiologist wanted a follow-up on the suspected infection. During the course of blood testing in the hospital, they found his white blood cell count elevated and a slightly elevated temperature, so in addition to the meds for the a-fib he was put on the antibiotic Levaquin. They kept asking if he had been sick, but he hadn't. It's a mystery to us. Is the infection related to the onset of the a-fib? Also unknown, but is pondered. Tomorrow morning is a round of blood tests, CBC, BMP and bNP. Then an appointment with the cardiologist. That's the big determination whether we can leave or not. Fingers, toes, and any other appendage that can be crossed is currently crossed!

In the meantime, we are resting and re-planning. Al is feeling better every day. At first, it was like we were hesitant to let him do anything, for fear of his heart kicking back into the arrhythmia, but that's not really a sensible thing to do. The meds are doing their thing, and seem to be keeping his rhythm normal and heart rate down. The cardiologist knows our lifestyle, and seems to be agreeable to us leaving the area for the summer so long as we can work out where to get lab work done on a regular basis. We're even willing to send him back down here for a follow-up for a few days if necessary. So we are optimistic a treatment plan can be worked out. Of course, the best possible scenario will be that this is a fluke, and won't happen again!

I hope to post Tuesday night that we'll be on our way the next morning!

Fellow RV Dreamers Phil and Rudee are in our prayers.

Home!

Well, it was late, but Al was discharged around 10PM last night. Very happy to come home and sleep in his own bed...and a shower :-). There's new medications, and some rounds of appointments over the next week, but we're optimistic that we'll be on the road by the middle of next week...crossed fingers that we get the green light :-).

Thanks to all our family and friends for the love and support of the past week...we couldn't do it without you!