The Heart Procedure is Tomorrow! - by Ane

Both the oncologist and the electrophysiologist have given approval to proceed with the Catheter Ablation.  It took a week to get approvals and we were anxious to schedule it, but we were told that the only person who could schedule this procedure was out of the office until next Monday.  Yesterday we got a call from the oncologist office telling us that Dr. Urba wanted to see Mark soon after the procedure was done.  Mark told them that it may be awhile because we haven’t been able to schedule it.  That must have set things in motion because we got a call this morning that there was an opening tomorrow! We took it!!
 

We will check in at 10:00 am.  There will be a pre-procedure to be sure there are no blood clots in the heart.  If that goes well, the main procedure will begin immediately.  Estimated time for both is about five hours, and then recovery for several hours.  It is possible that we will be home tomorrow night, but he may need to stay the night for observation. 

How grateful we are that this has worked out.  We are hopeful that Mark will soon have increased strength and stamina. With his heart working properly he will be able to discontinue the heart medications.  YEA! 

Thanks again for the tremendous support you have given to us!