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[arethinn]

Though he had to wait many hours for a call back from the doctor after reporting the incident (which was something like 8 AM and he called them around noon? IDK but at 3:15 or so my mother said he'd been waiting three hours, and it was sometime between 4 and 6:30 when he got a response), apparently the data was good, but it made them change their diagnosis, from what they had thought before from the EKG to something like some kind of problem/irritation (?) in the upper heart muscle/valves? (the word "bruise" was used but I think that's an analogy and not literal). Their first line of attack is upping his beta blocker dose, since apparently, unlike many people his age, his blood tests don't show problems with the kidneys not being able to adequately eliminate the drug (atenolol). But if that doesn't do it he may be on a drug merry-go-round for a while (*eyeroll*) before, if none of that works, they will resort to implanting a defibrillator.

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[istari.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about your dad! Hope it all gets straightened out and they "fix" him!
:)

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

best wishes to him, and the rest of your household dealing with all that, by the by. silence has been from lack of a proper computer to write replies on followed by lack of words when I've tried to find them. take care.

[arethinn]

Don't worry, I know what you mean about lack of words. I almost never know what to say when someone posts that XYZ bad or stressful thing is going on in their life. I hope that even when I have to say things like "I don't know what to say / I have not experienced this so I can't really grok but I'm sorry anyway / I heard you" it is helpful, because it is usually helpful for me just to hear "I noticed this".