This is starting to become a recurrent, weekly post: We have another delay in the procedure. Grair became ill over the weekend and we have determined a new bug (streep) has entered his system. Cardiology will not perform the procedure under these conditions, so we reschedule again. One of these days we’ll make it up there. While we started this process with some time-cushions, these are quickly evaporating. At some point (sooner than...

We got a little further today. We made it to the hospital at 5:30 in the morning and met with Dr. Delaney (he runs the Cardio Cath Lab). Unfortunately, Grair developed an upper respiratory cold over the last week. In terms of Grair illnesses, this one has been mild and isn’t out the ordinary in the winter. Dr. Delaney, however, felt that the combination of going under and the upper respiratory illness carried too much risk of...

Grair’s been home for a while and doing well. The antibiotic cleared everything up and now we wait for the heart stint procedure. The procedure was originally planned for this morning. However, due to a Dr. Delaney family emergency, he had to clear his schedule for the day. We are now scheduled for next Friday, January 20. We’ll know more then. Thanks for thinking of Grair!