A Setback

I sent Mark off, about a half hour ago, with the medics. He went into SVT again, and although he tried to get it to stop for about then minutes, nothing worked. When the firemen got here, his heart rate was at 180. Yes, this is what the ablation was supposed to stop. We knew that it would likely come back, but we had hoped that the benefits would last longer than this. What they will do now, I have no idea because (as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago) the part that's misfiring is close to the "central line" in his heart. They were already too close for comfort during this last procedure. It doesn't sound like they can get much closer without doing permanent and serious damage to the electrical wiring in his heart. But for tonight, they will likely give him IV verapamil to calm things down. Generally that works for him. As far as the big picture goes ... I can't say.