We went to KU today for Jason's coronary CTA test. This is a CT scan of the heart after a contrast dye has been injected. When we were taken back to a room, they decorated his chest with sticky pads and hooked him up to monitor leads. They also inserted an iv line in preparation for the dye. We had been told that his heart rate needed to be between 50-60 in order to ensure accuracy of the test. To try and achieve this, he was given a medicine to take last night and this morning. I also acted as the caffeine police to remind him to abstain.
Since Jason's heart rate was 82 when they first checked it, he was given a drug through his iv to try and slow it down. After a second dose, his rate was still hovering between 77-80. At this point, the nurse made a phone call to the doctor. We were cordially invited to return another day to try again. Sigh. We will be going back next Thursday afternoon. This time Jason will take five doses of the medicine before we go. We felt bad to have wasted the afternoon since our trusty sidekick Keith has family in town for a wedding. We would be pitiful indeed without the immeasurable support we receive from others.
"Teach us to care and not to care. Teach us to sit still." ~T.S. Elliot
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