Angioplasty

Last Thursday, my husband went for a checkup at the cardiovascular center.  He had a stress test and the doctors were concerned.  He was admitted to the hospital and the following day he had a heart cath.  Two stents were placed in his LAD about 15 years ago and then another placed over these two in the last couple years.  The cath showed that he had a blockage below the stent, so he had an angioplasty and another stent was placed.  Already his body had started to grow blood vessels to go around the blockage.  My husband finds it extremely difficult to lay flat on his back for six hours so that the site in his groin where the cath enters will stop bleeding.  He was discharged on Saturday and went to work on Monday.

A Room for Jeffrey

This summer one of my daughters married, and the other headed about 50 miles away and is living in a dorm of university.  The minute she began her college adventure, I decided to rabbit-proof her room, so that her three-year old Angora rabbit, Jeffrey could hop around.  I removed all the electrical cords from the outlets and put them away.  My husband cut pieces of plexi glass and used vises to secure them to the sides of the bed.  Jeffrey liked to hide under the bed, but once she is under there, she refused to come out, thumping her feet and waiting to chomp with her teeth.  I put the bottom of her chinchilla cage on the floor, provided her with both her water bottle and a bowl of water and rabbit pellets and timothy hay.  I let her free and she hops around all day until it is time for bed.  I then show her the bottom of the cage, encourage her to hop into it and into her box and secure the top. I noticed her nails were a mile long, so today we went to the local pet store, but the groomers only do dogs and cats, so we went to our vet, and the tech cut her nails.