March 21, 2009

Today started out as a bad day. As soon as we got in the room they told us that his heart was in atrial fibrillation. It was beating about 150 beats per minute and his blood pressure was dropping. They gave us two options. Give him medication to bring it down or shock his heart. The medication was too risky because it could possibly put more toxins into his lungs so we decided to do the shock. It was just a small volt and Rolland was in the room. It was a good choice because it was quick results and no side effects. After that everything went back to normal. It is a scary situation because his heart is getting too much stress and he could get back into it at any time. We are hoping it wont be like that and that he will start improving now. We did not discuss anything else with the doctors today, we were still trying to get over the morning. We will probably not talk about the lungs again till Monday. Today was another reminder that he is still so sick and its just a waiting game. Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts.