What a day of ups and downs!
Gord woke up with a low grade fever and the dreaded bladder infection reared its ugly head again. Needless to say it wiped him out physically, and mentally – with concern this might delay things. They cancelled the dental exam he had scheduled and he slept on and off most of the morning.
We then met with the Neurologist who did not speak English. A Sanoviv Doctor interpreted. Gord was satisfied with the consultation and examination. The neurologist pronounced Gord a candidate. The ultrasound showed some decreased flow in the vein on his right side. That is, however, not necessarily the only vein that could have a blockage. During the angioplasty procedure dye will be used to detect other blockage problems and these passages will be widened as well.
The ‘venografia y venoplastia para CCSVI’ will take place in a Tijuana hospital tomorrow (Friday) morning. We leave at 6:30 AM in the van and will be returning late afternoon via ambulance.
By the afternoon Gord was feeling a bit better, but slept a lot and still felt drained. The urine test showed the likelihood of a minor infection and so he had an antibiotic tonight. Because he cannot eat or drink before the procedure he has to have an intravenous antibiotic at 5 AM. They want to make sure he doesn’t run a fever. It’s 8 PM and he is showered and in bed and I’d better join him.
Gord woke up with a low grade fever and the dreaded bladder infection reared its ugly head again. Needless to say it wiped him out physically, and mentally – with concern this might delay things. They cancelled the dental exam he had scheduled and he slept on and off most of the morning.
We then met with the Neurologist who did not speak English. A Sanoviv Doctor interpreted. Gord was satisfied with the consultation and examination. The neurologist pronounced Gord a candidate. The ultrasound showed some decreased flow in the vein on his right side. That is, however, not necessarily the only vein that could have a blockage. During the angioplasty procedure dye will be used to detect other blockage problems and these passages will be widened as well.
The ‘venografia y venoplastia para CCSVI’ will take place in a Tijuana hospital tomorrow (Friday) morning. We leave at 6:30 AM in the van and will be returning late afternoon via ambulance.
By the afternoon Gord was feeling a bit better, but slept a lot and still felt drained. The urine test showed the likelihood of a minor infection and so he had an antibiotic tonight. Because he cannot eat or drink before the procedure he has to have an intravenous antibiotic at 5 AM. They want to make sure he doesn’t run a fever. It’s 8 PM and he is showered and in bed and I’d better join him.
Actually, I can’t really join him as we are sleeping in separate beds. No, it is not my snoring! We are on the hospital ward floor and there is a hospital bed for Gord. I have my own little room as his companion or ‘concubine’ as he likes to refer to me to the staff around here! Last time we were here 4 years ago there was a large main bed, but still with a companion room and we were able to sleep together. We just used the companion room as a den. So that has been a little bit of a change.
Here's Gord all cocconed up in his bed!
We took a walk just before coming up to the room - beautiful sunset - watched some surfers catch their last rides in before dark.By the way, I must apologize. When I sent out the link to you all, I forgot to BCC the addresses for some of you. As the lingo says – MY BAD! Sorry!
We will be anxious to share tomorrow’s adventure. Thanks for tuning in. Good night from the Baja coast.
We will be anxious to share tomorrow’s adventure. Thanks for tuning in. Good night from the Baja coast.
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