A month has passed since my entry. I thought maybe we should go back and do a recap.
In the middle of July I had an infection in my throat and armpits. I had it treated with antibiotics, but it didn’t seem to get better and toward the end of the month things were not right. My walks were shortening and I was becoming more and more tired and had to stop on my walks. I thought the infection was spreading to my chest.
Dr Ahern as mentioned previously sent me to A&E with my heart arrhythmia. The angiogram, as I learned later showed, showed a near 100% blockage, a 95% blockage, and one that varied from about 50% to 80%. The only option was the triple bypass.
After a whole battery of tests and examinations I was moved out of CCU to the Moat Ward to await transport to St James’ Hospital on the 7th of August. The following Sunday I had a terrible pain in my angiogram leg. They never figured out what it was, but I think a bruise pinched a nerve and finally released (while Eddie was praying by the way).
On Monday I started hearing the operation might be the next day, the 11th.
After a long evening wait I was transferred to St James’ for my operation early in the morning of the 11th of August.
