November 17, 2006
David is recovering from the procedure this morning with a brand new part. They put a stent in the left descending artery, which traditionally they call the "widow-maker" because of it's history in widowing women until about 20 years ago, when precautionary measures and new techniques came around. I'm so relieved!
When they got in with the catheter and the nifty x-ray pictures, they discovered that that artery was constricted by 90-95%. Oops. So he has to spend the night in the hospital, again, but everything is going pretty well. He's fully alert and hideously uncomfortable from having to lie flat for 5 hours, so the puncture site doesn't bleed. They probably just let him sit up, though. I'm bringing the laptop back so we can watch some movies tonight. We can't use cell phones, but we can watch The Music Man!
