Author Archives: Ken

We rolled out of the hospital and had barely passed the lights of Fenway when Ellie got sick all over the back of the car (another side effect of the medicine). Fortunately she hadn’t had more than water, a popsicle, … Continue reading →

This is hilarious. No sooner did we publish that last post when she woke up after a long sleep. We gathered around her waiting for another possessed rampage and all we got were scrunched up eyes and the groggy query, … Continue reading →

The photo of Sleeping Beauty here belies the hours of sedation-medication-induced fighting that followed Ellie’s return to the recovery ward. She was in good form coming out of sedation – kicking nurses, tearing at every wire attached to her with … Continue reading →

Good news. They’re all done and we should be able to go back and see Ellie soon. The short version is that, while the mean pressure gradient between the left atrium and the left ventricle is in the moderate to … Continue reading →

We checked into the hospital this morning at 8 a.m. Ellie got some stickers and some medicine to help her off to sleep. They just wheeled her back to the cath lab to get started. It takes about an hour … Continue reading →