Monday, June 5, 2006

Update on James

  James saw his primary care physician this afternoon in order to get the insurance to cover the stress test.  They ended up having schedule it at a different hospital to do that, and they couldn't get him an appt. until this Friday.  The dr. wasn't happy with that, but there was no other choice.
   Basically, he told James that he had absolutely no risk factors for heart trouble, but he has every symptom of heart trouble.  However, he still thinks it's a small chance that this is his heart.  He also does not believe it is stress. (If you knew James, you'd know he seldom gets stressed about anything, and his blood pressure is always like 120/65, including lying in the hospital Sat. night.)  He said the good EKGs and blood tests really didn't mean anything except that he was not having a heart attack at the time.  So, we all just have to wait and see what Friday brings.  The dr. did give him some meds for acid reflux.  Even though James doesn't feel like he has that, it can cause chest pain, so he wants to see if that makes any difference.  He's on orders that he can work, but to take it very easy and not to do anything strenuous.  So we wait and see and trust God to take care of him.
   

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