waiting on the holter...

well, rah had his first recheck last thursday - i know im late reporting... but... it was GOOD!

rah's echo showed improvements in ALL areas - his heart shrunk!!! all the values were better than his original diagnostic echo in february, and he was on the table for over an hour to get all the views they needed- and he didn't throw a single VPC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's HUGE.

his holter was mailed out to florida a few days ago and hopefully i will have the results in the next week or so - and we can go from there. but i am incredibly hopeful - the cardiologist warned me that the improvement isn't expected to be seen in the first month, but more over the long term - but this is GOOD change in the first month and i hope it continues over the next rechecks.

on a bad note, i may have a problem again sourcing one of his meds as its off the market and now the compounding pharmacy is having problems getting materials. so i bought 5 bottles of it to tide me over and animerge has a bottle on the shelves that i am having lydia hold onto as an emergency.

but im hopeful - this is the first time i think ive felt hopeful about this in a long time.

first recheck!!!!!!!!

Today is Rah's first recheck with the cardiologist after the stem cell implantation - we hit a few snafu's because the holter monitor that was shipped last week (that i had hoped to have done already and ready to ship back) hasn't actually arrived yet - problematic only because it has the disk that we need to transfer the results of todays echo on to mail back with the holter. hopefully GSVS has a disk we can transfer results to...

and maybe its a blessing in disguise because it's been unbearably hot these past two days - in the 80s and 90s - while i want to stress rah during the holter and get a true test - i really dont want him to have to wear the neoprene vest during that time frame because he's having virtual heat strokes as is just running around in the yard (he's always been heat intolerant - well, he doesn't temper himself and then realizes its too hot and humid to be stupid and then he takes 20000 hours to recover in the house - has done this since he was a puppy!) ... so maybe its for the best that he didnt get holtered. hopefully the weather will break just a bit (pray for temps in the 70s??) so we can holter him next week.