Ken is in the hospital again

Here we go again. I brought Ken to the emergency room of Medical Center of the Rockies last night. They admitted him for chest pain. Ken had been hurting in his chest all day Saturday. Said it felt like someone had kicked him in the chest. We thought it might be his blood clots in his lungs or maybe his heart, so we braved the snow and came to the hospital. So far, they have run 2 sets of blood tests, 2 EKG's, a chest x-ray and a cat scan. I received the reports from the scan and x-ray this morning from the nurse, but I am waiting for the doctor to get here to really tell us what is going on. These people are great and the hospital is so new an beautiful. But... they are comparing things to the last time he was here and that was clear back in April. So much has happened since then.
Preliminary report from the nurse shows that his blood clots in his lungs are gone. Great news. But he might have fluid, dead spots or scarring in his lung. Well, he has scarring from the Thorasic Duct Ligation they did in April in Denver, so yeah he has scarring. Does he have fluid too. We just need to send the results to Denver and have them compare them to the scans from 2 weeks ago. I sure hope he doesn't have fluid, that would mean his pneumonia is back.
The nurse did say that Ken's heart rate goes way up when he gets up out of bed, so I am a little worried about that. But this nurse seems a little to eager to tell me the bad stuff, so I am keeping good thoughts till I talk to the doctor. He is going to be fine. He feels a little better this morning. Wish the doc would hurry up and get here.
But I will say this. I wish we could be doing this transplant with our Denver doctors, but in this hospital. If you every need to go to a hospital in this area, it is definitely worth the drive out here. The rooms are private, the staff is very attentive. We got right into the ER, no waiting. It is so much better than PVH. They had his Xray, blood test results and were sending him up for his cat scan all within the first hour last night. They are much slower at other hospitals.
I better get back down to Ken's room. If you don't hear from us right away, expect that all is well. If they say we can go home, we will have the snow to contend with, but we will blog again when we get home. I feel like a broken record to keep asking for your prayers, so I will just say thanks for praying for him and God Bless You this beautifully white Sunday morning. Love You, Bev