The main hospital in our area is Beaumont. Sam was signed up to go there for his cardiac rehab but they were in the middle of a contract negotiation between our insurance company (Blue Care Network HMO). Beaumont didn't feel the need to tell us or U of M that they weren't going to accept Sam into the cardiac rehab program due to the negotiation situation. After a few phone calls Sam is now going to Crittenton Hospital for his cardiac rehab program.
Sam goes three times a week for a hour each session. They hook him up to a heart holter monitor and watch him closely as he does his session. They did see a few PACs (Premature Atrilal contractions) on his monitor strip and alerted Sam. They feel similar to PVCs but appear in the left atria of the heart. We were very pleased that the nurses during his rehab session printed off a holter monitor strip and sent it to both our surgeon, Dr. Bolling and cardiologist, Dr. Bach at U of M. By the next day both the surgeon's office and cardiologist's office called to talk to Sam. They say these are common to have post-op but should they happen more often or cause arrhythmia issues he needs to head to the nearest ER.
Sam has an appointment scheduled with his U of M Cardiologist Dr. Bach on Valentine's day (fitting right?). He is going to do an exam and do his first post-op echo to check on the hearts size and compare from over the summer when it was at its largest. This way we will have a baseline moving forward to see how much the heart continues to go down from the surgery.
With Sam starting to feel a bit better you may even catch him out and about... I can finally give him some errands to run ;) And his cooking has never been better!
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