Update Information

Since my last post, a few things have happened. Dan has had some tests done on his heart, and was finally able to have a consultation on Tuesday, the 13th of April, with a cardiologist who comes to Vernal from the University of Utah Medical Center.  After reviewing Dan's tests, and doing a few brief ones with his own equipment, he is 90+% certain that Dan needs a pacemaker.  So Dan is scheduled for an Electrophysiology Study (EPS) on April 29, and also an angiogram on the 30th, both at the U of U Medical Center. We anticipate that the Dr. will install a pacemaker the afternoon of the 29th.  The angiogram is to determine if any of the arteries in the heart are blocked, and if so they will take care of that.

I hope this helps with the variety of symptoms he's been having--headache, dizziness and lightheadedness, confusion and "foggy" thinking, and the chest discomfort he is still having.

He also had an MRI done on his brain on the 14th, and the radiologist said he has several lesions in his brain, which isn't really uncommon, but the size of them and the pattern of them apparently made the Dr. feel that further testing was needed to rule out some things, including MS. So he recommended a Lumbar Puncture (spinal tap), which was done yesterday.  Poor Dan feels pretty poked and prodded!  But we should know something about that by the end of next week, hopefully.

Thanks for all of your well-wishes and good thoughts.  He just wants to get better and get back to work (and hopes he has a job when he gets there!).