The Stress Test

Last night, the nurse brought in an EKG maching for Jerry to monitor his heart and let's just say he was a little excited to be getting one: "Cool! I've never had one."

Today, Jerry has had to have what the doctor's call a series of "stress tests". Since the surgery will last approx. 7 hours, they need to make sure his heart and other organs are functioning well and will be able to withstand the "stress" of the surgery. He had one test this mornig and passed it with flying colors! They took him in early afternoon for the second part of the stress test, and he believes everything went well with that too.

Mom has been with him all morning and even brought him a supply of Diet Coke and chocolate donuts so he doesn't have to suffer thru the hospital food! He is very excited to get his tests done so he can eat - as of 12:30 pm he was STARVING!

The doctor says that after they have completed these tests and get the results, they will be able to tell further when they can perform the surgery. Right now, they are shooting for Friday (12/5) afternoon.

Currently, he is resting comfortably this evening, thanks in part to pain meds, and even managed to surf the internet a bit this afternoon. Mom and dad are both up there with him now.

The doctor had to perform a transplant today, so as of 5:00 pm CST there was no update as the doc was still in surgery with no indication of how long he might be. That's all for today.... as of now at least.....