Daily Dad Update

Mom, Dad and Allison met with the hospital’s cardiologist this morning.  Right now he is wanting to get some of Dad’s records from Dad’s cardiologist so that they have a clear idea of where he has been compared to where his is now.

They are also trying to determine if the heart attack is a result of his sarcoidosis, or if it a separate occurrence.  He’s going to have a PET scan tomorrow to help in their determination.

He had another x-ray today to check on the status of his pneumonia.

Maple Banana Cornbread Muffins

Ingredients
1 cup cornmeal
3/4 cup flour (I used whole wheat flour)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 small bananas, mashed
1/2 cup maple syrup (I ran out of maple syrup and ended up with 1/4 cup maple syrup + 1/4 cup honey)
1 egg
1/2 cup soymilk


Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Line a muffin pan with liners.

In a large bowl, mix the cornmeal, flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda.  Mix in the bananas, maple syrup, egg and soymilk until just blended.

Measure out into the 12 muffin liners, filling each about 3/4 of the way full.

Bake about 15 - 20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean or the tops of the muffins are springy.

Update on Dad

Dad has kept all of his food down for the past 24+ hours which we are all more than a little excited about!

His doctors determined that he did indeed have a heart attack, probably sometime early Sunday morning, so once they get his strength built up some he will undergoing the catheterization.

He is also back on steroids for the sarcoidosis and has some physical therapy to look forward to.

Also, Allison made it into town yesterday which is comforting and helpful to both Mom and Dad.

Dad

For those who haven’t heard, Dad was taken to the hospital via ambulance Sunday morning, and was put in the ICU after being diagnosed with pneumonia.

As of this afternoon, Dad has been moved out of ICU and into a private room.

He is on several antibiotics for the pneumonia.  His doctors are also looking to address some of his sarcoidosis related issues while he is in the hospital. 

The big development so far today, outside of being moved from the ICU, is that one of his enzymes apparently shows that his heart is either stressed or he had a small heart attack, so he may be having a catheterization as a precaution.