Cardiac Cath day

John just went in to have his cath done to find out why his heart isn't beating the way that it is suppose to. They said that it wouldn't take long the surgery itself would only be about a half an hour. I will update when he is out what the diagnosis is.


Update:

John's blood vessles in his heart are all clear and look great. He has pressure on his heart from the fluid but we are working on that with the lasix. He has lost more weight and it is obvious that the lasix is doing is' job. We still have to change the diet...He needs to lose about 100 pounds and stay away from the salt because it makes you retain water. So we are going home and continueing the medication that the doctor has prescribed and to continue to change our diet to get all of this extra fluid off from him.

I plan on keeping a journal on how to care for congestive heart failure but with work and kids who knows how well I will be able to keep up on that.