When I arrived at the hospital yesterday morning Jim's heart had kicked itself back into a normal rhythm. The medicine he was on did the trick!! His heart rate was reading between 70 and 80. Dr. Stokes the cardiologist came in and said again all his labs looked good, could not find any cause for this. He said it may never happen again. He sent him home with a prescription for toprol (to keep his heart rate down) to take for the next couple months. If nothing further happens, he can stop taking it. He wanted him to stay the rest of the morning, walk around and see how things were then he could go home in the afternoon. By 1:00 I asked the nurse what time he could leave and she said they were waiting for the house doctor to come by to release him. Finally at 3:00 he came and we were out of there in no time.
So far Jim still not has had a cigarette. Again....I'm hoping this scared him enough to stop for good. Keep your fingers crossed.
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