Carole will be receiving a “micro-pacemaker” described by a cardiologist friend of Jim’s as a “minimally invasive and elegant” solution.  Of course – who would expect differently of Carole!

They will wean her off her blood thinners starting today and put in the pacemaker on Wednesday. We think rehab will happen sometime after that.

Carole could have visitors today, much to everyone’s delight.

Jim talked to the cardiologist this morning.  He will have the cardiologist who does pacemakers do the evaluation tomorrow.   Carole needs a stable heart-rate to be accepted into rehab.

Either way, tomorrow ends isolation, so it is likely that Carole can finally have visitors again tomorrow, depending on what’s going on with Covid in general in the hospital.  We are crossing our fingers

Carole’s heart keeps “pausing” for a few seconds.  We think the cardiologist will be in tomorrow (even though it’s Easter) to take a look.  They may decide she needs a pacemaker.  We’ll see.

Colin and Mel are scheduled to come down for a week starting Wednesday.

Carole is still in the hospital.  They are worried about the way her heart is behaving, so that needs to get settled before anything else happens.  Val and Jim are handing off to Jerry for the weekend, and then Carole Ann plans to come down.

Harry got out to shoot 9 holes today, which was good.  Jim got out for his run. Val is trying to be gracious about the sales guy who thought that the woman described as “Harry’s wife” and “John’s mom”
was me.  I shall be calling John “Son” for the nonce.