Back in April, when he ended up in hospital, they decided after his angiogram and umpteen other tests, that he had had 11 heart attacks. His diabetes was out of control and there really wasn’t much good news except that he was treatable.
Except for the night where we had a false alarm and he apparently had chest wall pain, his heart has not been causing any problems that he has told me about.
Months ago, I told him I was worried because his breathing while he is sleeping was not regular. He ended up wearing a monitor for a night. He finally got to see the sleep specialist last week. That doctor said that while Steve is not suffering from typical sleep apnea, his sleep patterns are not normal so they will be booking him into the hospital for a one night stay to do further research. The doctor is hoping he will get in sometime this month or at least by early October. He may end up needing oxygen at night or to wear a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine at night. His lack of quality sleep is impacting his getting better. He is tired most of the day so he has catnaps then he is not really tired at night so he has very restless sleep so he is tired most of the day and so on and so on.
Since he has been on insulin for his diabetes, our doctor is pleased with his blood sugar levels. He is still not testing as often as suggested but the testing that is done every few months and that shows the average sugar levels over the previous three months has been good.
He is still doing his art work. This is one of his acrylic sculptures that is currently in our living room. It stands about 2 ½ feet high and about 18 inches across the bottom.
He was talking to owner of the foundry that is producing the next piece and apparently they are quite excited about the new piece. I know he is rather anxious to see the finished piece too.
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