Well wouldn't you know O'l Tommy is just being stubborn. Still in atrial fibrillation. Dr. Sheffield is going to contact Dr Anne Curtis, who is the expert in electrophysics and is president of the Heart Rhythm Society ( now I want to know who has ever heard of the heart rhythm society?? )Tom thought it was an R/B Band playing at Skippers. Dr. Curtis is also professor and director of USF Heart Health and CEO of Cardiovascular Services. Whew. She will come by and make a decision as to pacing the heart in a lab using a pacemaker device. Kind of like a joy stick attached to his ticker. They shock it with the wires that are still attached to the atrium until she reaches the level of sinus rhythm she desires. Just give me one shot at those wires. Oops, did I say that? If successful, he will get escorted back to Odessa where he belongs. If not, he will stay till Wednesday and he gets the big shock treatment. The advantage of getting back in sinc is the reduction of blood thinners and his heart not having to work so hard.
If anyone has seen Tom dance, you can only imagine his rhythm challenges.
And he finally got his sponge bath, only it was from Hakim. Great visual if you use your imagination. ;-)
Thanks again for your posts!
hugs
Naughty Nurse
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