I learned a few things today about my procedure from the cardiology nurse who works with Dr. Mackram Eleid. I had the wrong spelling for his name in an earlier post. Darn autocorrect.

I was called by a cardiology nurse this evening to let me know to report at 10:30 am the next day to have a temporary pacemaker put in. I was told to ignore the text message text message with a later time. In the end, I got a text message for the original report time of 12:15 pm and a second text with the 10:30 am time. Make sure to respond to text messages to confirm you received them (usually a number, don’t just write CONFIRM).

Once the temporary pacemaker is in, I will be ready for my procedures when the doctor is ready.

Make sure to follow the directions in your Patient Guide once you get to the Mary Brigh building on the St. Mary’s campus, so you can get to desk 4D on the fourth floor. They said to make sure to take the east elevators.

I was told that there would be conscious sedation during the septal ablation, a bit lighter sedation than a colonoscopy. I will let you know how that goes.