Feeling Hearty

Wednesday March 29 - Heart Day

Walked into a gorgeous facility and was greeted warmly by two ladies who processed me. I was given a pile of papers to work through and was told after I had completed them that I could keep the forms, but had to return the clipboard.

I waited and was soon greeted by a cheery Allison, who, in discussion, I learned was dealing with me as her first case. I entertained her with several corny jokes. She told me she was glad that I was her first!

She gave me an EKG to determine that I was alive and soon Dr. Navas arrived and greeted me warmly. He seemed to think that I could survive surgery, but still wanted to have three tests done. An Echocardiogram, a Calcium test and a stress test. The first two were able to be completed that afternoon, but the stress test was set for Thursday afternoon.

The echocardiogram was uneventful, but I did not hear one word of "Little Sir Echo", not even a faint "hello".

I learned that the purpose of the Calcium test was to determine if there was any hardening of the arteries. I asked Maureen if that was the same as "hardening of the heart." She said it was different but that some people were born with the latter.