2-19-09

Gator woke up this morning still feeling the pain in the back of his neck and in his chest so I called the surgeon who did the procedure and asked him about it. He said that they had “manipulated his airway” and that he would have a sore throat but should not have any pain in his chest! He said to call 911 and get him to the hospital. Well Gator said he did not need 911 but agreed to go to St. Petes in Olympia. So we spent the day in the Emergency room. They said that there was a possibility that when they removed the pic line a clot had broken loose and could have ended up in his lung. They did a CT scan to look for clots and checked his heart markers and said everything came back fine so after 7hrs they sent him home. Gator thinks he’s just sore from the procedure and they stretched some muscles a little further than they were used to…..

It’s probably a good thing we went in to the Emergency room because he was planning on washing the car today and he is supposed to be taking it easy…..he slept most of the day in the ER. LOL

2-26-09

Well we were supposed to go to Seattle today for Gator’s follow up after the procedure but it snowed and because we are running on a spare and have no jack we really didn’t want to chance driving that far so we called and postponed the appt. His voice gradually faded away again. Not quite the whisper he had before but not much volume or clarity.

3-4-09

Called Seattle VA OTO dept. (Ear, Nose, and Throat) yesterday to see what day they had rescheduled Gator’s follow up appointment for and she said “how about tomorrow at 10:30” so we went in today and she tells us the appointment is for Thursday!

Well we convinced her to get Gator in to see the doctor who was there. He was so much better than the guy who has been seeing Gator. He put the tube up Gator’s nose (the tube with the camera) and Gator said he never felt a thing! Usually it’s just torture!