Wow...and the adventure continues.
Nate was admitted to Shawnee Mission Hospital for another angioplasty (the first one, done on Friday, failed). When we met with the radiologist, Dr. L, he basically said that we were just buying some time to review the surgical option by doing another angioplasty and that this was not a permanent solution. This kind of took us aback a bit because we have been praying that this would fix him and that surgery would not be needed.
After the procedure, in which they ballooned Nate's vein even larger than before, Dr. L came back and spoke to us and said that Nate did great but that they noticed an irregularity to his heart beat on the monitor. He sent Nate back to his room for an EKG which confirmed that Nate has a first degree heart block. This isn't a blockage per se but a longer than normal interval between the first and second electric signals. This condition doesn't usually pose a problem but needs to be monitored by a cardiologist (which we will of course introduce on this blog in the next few weeks...starting to be hard to keep all the doctors straight!). The other thing about this condition is that there is some concern when one is under anesthesia during surgery. So more of the heart concern may come into play if Nate needs to have his rib removed. It's just one more thing to worry about...and one more thing that is mostly found in athletes...it feels a bit unfair that all of this is happening because Nate is in such good shape and has taken care of his body...grrrr....
Please continue to pray...Nate feels beaten down...I'm not really even sure what to say...so please pray for healing, hope and joy in our lives and for us not to be pulled into depressing despair. We are once again inundated with doctors appointment and all that comes with that...please pray for patience with each other and lots and lots of grace in our home.
We don't know what we would do without each of you.
much love,
nate and erin
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