And, some Good News!

Along with the not-so-fun news I just posted below about Dan, there is some fun stuff going on, too.  My son Michael is getting married May 8 in the Salt Lake Temple to a lovely girl named Lisa Haynie.  They are in the midst of the craziness of wedding plans and preparations.  I told them if they could survive getting ready for the wedding, then they could survive anything that happens AFTER they are married!

Also, my son Steven and his wife Meli and son Bobby are moving to an apartment in the Sandy area.  So they have been very busy packing and sorting all the stuff that accumulates in just the 4 years they have been married.

Our youngest, Cody, has been attending college classes at SLCC, trying to get enough credits to put with the 5 he already has and the GED he has, to qualify to enlist in the Army. He's done pretty well, thanks to help from family, especially Margaret, who is taking 2 of the classes with him.  Other family members have given him rides until they got their car fixed (thanks to David).  I'm so happy to see how my kids pull together to help each other!  Sure love you guys!  I have such great children, and children-in-law!

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!).

Some bits of news...

Well, life sometimes throws a curve or two. My hubby Dan has been off work the past 2 weeks, which is scary because half of it is without pay, since he's out of leave time. On March 19 he had some severe chest pains, pressure, shortness of breath, that gradually eased up enough to be tolerable, and (this is a guy thing, I think) he would not go to the ER.  Then on Saturday the 20th, he became lightheaded or dizzy after getting up from a nap, went down on one knee and did a face plant on the carpet. So we went to the ER.  They did an EKG and some other tests, kept him overnight in ICU to be monitored, and he had more tests done this past week. What we know so far is that his heart rate is too low, usually 50-55 beats per minute, sometimes lower.  He has an appointment with a cardiologist next Tuesday, April 6. We hope to find out what can be done, either medication or possibly a pacemaker. His dad has one, and has been good with it.  So, although we aren't thrilled to learn he may have some heart problems, that is better than not having any idea where all the dizziness, confusion, headaches, and other problems are coming from.  More news as we get it.

Now, some other news. We have had to fix the same part on our refrigertor twice in the last couple of years, and it needs fixing again, so we decided to look for a new one.  It was delivered today, and it is so nice to have a fridge that works!! We got an Amana with the fridge on top and the freezer in the bottom, in a drawer. We can see everything on the shelves, which we couldn't with the side-by-side we had. When we emptied that one, I found jars of pickles at the back of the bottom shelf with a 2007 expiration date!  Ewwww!  It has an ice maker, but no water in the door, which we'll miss. But I WON'T miss having to thaw out the back of the inside of the freezer with my hair dryer so the fan would circulate cold air :-)

HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!