Mum will have her electrical tests tomorrow (Monday) on current plans.
These tests, done under local anaesthetic, involve stopping and re-starting Mum's heart. Twice.
So not unsurprisingly she's rather scared about this.
The tests aren't uncommon - Dad reeled off a list of names of people he knows who've had these tests done. But I have to admit, having your heart stopped and bump-started, twice, when you're awake to know about it, sounds jolly scary to me.
What the tests are done to show, is whether Mum needs a pacemaker at all (it's the first time anyone's told us that she might not need one at all!), and if so, of what kind (ordinary or a mini defibrillator).
If she doesn't need a pacemaker, then I don't know if they'll send her straight home, or if they'll keep her in for a couple of days to make sure there's no ill effects of having her heart bump-started.
If she does need a pacemaker, the surgeon will need to fit her into his schedule, she'll have the pacemaker fitted and then be discharged from hospital and allowed to come home the following day.
They don't send her home in an ambulance, or even a taxi, they call the relatives and say "come and get her please"!
Dad's promised to call me tomorrow afternoon to tell me how the tests went, so I'll update the blog tomorrow evening.
Emily
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