Heart Beat Still High

From what we can tell Lori's heart beat is still very high when she is standing. It was 150+ right after she took a shower yesterday. Even sitting it is usually over 100!

Tuesday we requested the records from our trip to the Emergency Room on Friday. Hopefully we will have them in a couple of days. Once we receive them we will go to Dr. Peditto and see what she has to say. Possibly a trip to the cardiologist is in our future? It is one of the last remaining "ologists" we haven't seen. LOL!

Monday and Tuesday was a clinic for diabetes management at our local hospital. Lori and I both went. She did pretty good. Tuesday was harder than Monday. Fortunately the classes were broken up a bit. Two six hour sessions with morning and afternoon breaks in addition to lunch.

She also sat in her new "transport chair". Similar to a wheel chair but much lighter and easier to handle for me (especially getting it in and out of the car). It was a gift from my Mom and Dad (thanks guys!) and came just in time. Here is a picture of one similar to the one she has. There is also a 4" cushion that goes on the seat.


It has been a very busy week. We had a party for my uncles 50th birthday here on Saturday (couldn't mention that in the Friday Emergency Room Visit post because the party was a surprise and Jim reads this blog!). 35 people were here. Lori didn't do a thing and just sat with her feet up before, during, or after but it was still hard on her. Sunday Lori slept. Monday and Tuesday were the classes (followed by sleep). Yesterday we took Lori's dad out to lunch for his birthday (again followed by sleep). Today she is sleeping in. Hopefully it will be one of those "never get out of your pajamas" type of days for her. Ricky and Jason are here. Maybe they can watch a movie or two with her today. They will be going back home in a couple of days and start school on Monday. It was nice having them in and out for the summer.

So . . . back to the heartbeat. As I said once we get everything together we will go to the doc and see what she says. In the mean time we are tracking Lori's heart rate and blood pressure. As always if anything happens I will post it here as quick as I can.

Oh yeah - we go back to the Hematologist on Friday. I wonder if Lori's WBC count has gone up or down since the ER visit? Your guess is as good as mine on this one.