Update on the 6am phone call thing

[hrj]

I just got off the phone with cryptocosm. The current evaluation is that his defibrillator is working properly and he didn't have an actual heart attack, so the path forward is to work from the theory that he needs his medications adjusted. He says they'll be keeping him for at least another 24 hours for observation once they've scared up some of the new drug they want to try him on. He also has some more local candidates for taking care of moving his car, so I'm working under the assumption that I won't be driving off to Sacramento after work today. I'll be checking in mid-afternoon to see if anything else has come up. At the moment, he's just massively bored but I can't do anything about that.

(By the way, for those who get confused by LJ handles, cryptocosm is my older brother -- you know, the actually genetically related sort.)

Comments

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

The newer machines can be adjusted, which can really help the person that has one installed. (Dunno if that's quite the correct wverb, but you know what I mean.)

My brother's current pacemaker is much, much better than previous ones.

[cryptocosm.livejournal.com]

What I have is an AICD (Automated Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator or some such); it includes a pacemaker function, but that's not its primary function.

The machine, by all indications, is working just fine, reacting appropriately to the situation. It's the 1950s-era heart that needs adjustment.

Pacemaker

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

I used the term generically. His heart beats too fast and the machine slows it down.