Home

Well, we didn't make it to Alaska.  We got home tonight around 4:30 pm.  On May 30th, Ken got out of bed and felt out of breath when he walked to front of trailer.  We brushed it off and drove a half a day to Bismarck, ND, got gas and caught up with the other couple at Walmart.  When he got out of the truck he felt very dizzy and quickly sat down again.  When he came into the trailer, he laid down while I made lunch, he said maybe he should go to a clinic.  When we got to the clinic, a nurse came in and took his blood pressure three times and said the doctor will be right in, the doctor poked her head in and said the hospital is right down the road and we should go to the emergency room right away.  This blood pressure was very low but his heart was racing at 160 beats per minute.  They put an IV in, did an EKG and was ready to give him a drug to lower his heart rate, asked him to sit up and it went back to normal.  Was in hospital over night for observation, in morning he had a stress test done, and ultrasound of the heart, everything came back ok and was discharged.  They sat up an appointment for yesterday with cardiologist and another appointment in Fargo, ND for next Thursday with an Electro Cardiologist.  We had decided to head home instead of waiting around for the appointments.  They did put him on blood thinner and medicine to regulate his heart, until he sees his doctor, which is next Thursday.

The trip was good, maybe later we can try again.