Day 220: on following up (part 1)

One week out from Himself's Cardiac Event, we returned to the VA Medical Center for Cardiology's "Discharge Clinic," where they checked him over to make sure he was doing okay post-Event-and-Stent. Some of our questions were answered there; others will have to wait a couple of days until he sees his Primary Care physician on Wednesday. The Weight Management class he was going to retake will have to be postponed until he is a bit more stable and has begun cardiac rehab. We did manage to reschedule his missed eye appointment (from last week) to this Wednesday, so things shuffle around a bit on the calendar. The last order of business before he left was to get some blood drawn for the necessary labs before Wednesday's appointment.

Traffic was not too bad going home, as we managed to beat the evening commute. I did some research into Himself's new medications when we got home, before dinner, and saw why some of his meds had been discontinued. I made some notes for Wednesday's appointment.

Tomorrow looks to be an "adminstrative day," with Himself playing on the computer, me supervising the Queen Mother as she showers, and another handful of phone calls to be made. Tomorrow is also going to be the nicest day of the week, so I will see if I can't sneak out for an hour or two to ambulate in the Sunshine and Fresh Air. Perhaps when I go get the cat food...

I continue to inch forward, even though mists have once again concealed the summit of the mountain, and we have no idea how close, or far, we are from reaching it. It has been just about a month since Himself's VA attorneys passed his case on to the Board of Veterans Appeals, and we are expecting word on a ruling any day now - but we don't know exactly when. So we're doing the only thing we can do: suit up and show up, and do what needs to be done. Thus is progress made, and sanity maintained. Sorta.

With that, I shall declare it a day and see if I can't catch up on a bit of sleep.