El Paso, Texas

University Hospital, El Paso, Texas
Morning 41 Degrees, Wind W at 8 to 10 Mph, Humidity 40%, partly cloudy.

Meals was latter in the emergency room department, nothing to write home about. Might be a different kitchen doing the preparation. Could not actually go off to sleep sometimes as I am not a back sleeper.  It wasn't until I was able to get somewhat onto my right side to not feeling like I was suffocating. It was Also a matter of thin mattresses beds, the thin bed in emergency felt hard and my bum hurt. Better beds in the room, thicker mattress with some sort of air system but not a sleep number mattress I had no control of it your bum is still not “happy”.
I was in the operating room about 2:00 pm Saturday then to CVICU about 5:pm until Monday.

Saturday night my lovely wife said something to the nurse about the total grams supplied at each meal seemed to be high. The next meals were 30 grams lower. Every tray brought in had a meal summery paper as to what was there and the grams of each item with a total. 
It has taken time but my chest is feeling better, from the fall back on December 23,. Today January 9, coughing is without pain. After my fall it was painful to cough, sneeze and some heavy breathing. Since my event on Saturday morning I am not allowed out of quantity. Until then at least I was allowed to stand to void. But all the time in the hospital they wanted me to use a container so they could measure the quantity.

Sunday about 10:20 am the temporary pacemaker kicked in at 50 hart rate I did not even notice. Again the Cardiologist was able to see the event as I am wearing the monitor. Nothing else after that. It was per arranged to have my daughter Cindy talk to the Cardiologist. It did not go well as my daughter was not happy with him. She requested a certain pacemaker, and placement, as I am left hand dominate. After he left the room Cindy told me not to sign any paper to operate until after an EP consult, yes. My daughter even said the specialist type of Cardiologist.

Wires going my neck

Monday January 6, in the morning another Cardiologist (EP type) came in the room for a consult. A consult was asked for prior to surgery, it was asked for on Saturday before the pacemaker was put in. My lovely wife and I had plan, with our daughter Cindy, a Cardiac Nurse (who is in on placement of pacemakers daily) in North Carolina. As the Cardiologist (EP type) came in the room and I realized who he was I started dialing, when connected I said to the Cardiologist it’s for you, it is my Cardiac Nurse. He was impressed, Cindy wanted proper understanding of device manufacture (brand) and placement in the body. It did seem like I was “hanging around” waiting the rest of the day for surgery. Paper came in finally and was explained to my lovely wife and me, you know like a contract when you are buying a car. But they had to add in placement of device and manufacturer (brand name). Then I was in the operating room at 5:pm getting ready for the procedure, they clean you and place draping around the surgery area. When the Cardiologist came in he had them re-due the drape for a right side implant. I was back in the CVICU room about 7:30 pm. Procedure done and temporary wire removed. Still connected to the monitor.