What I did not like. . .

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Bob had a cardiology appointment today with the doctor that partners with his doctor for the electrophysiology. In other words he is responsible for pacemakers and the like. What I did not like. . . we arrived about 20 minutes before the appointment. The scale they used reads in kg. we do not. I will convert it here at home. At 3:15, five minutes after the appointment was to begin, with no nurse or vitals taken or anything, a person comes in. Does not give us a name, nor have a badge on or tell us what his job was exactly. From what he did we figure he was a technician, but still, no conversation really or explanation. Just before 4:00 p.m. (3:10 appointment) the nurse came in. From there on out I pretty well liked what went on. All nurses that we dealt with thanked us for being patient, gave us their names, and thanked us for being prepared with records and such. The doctor asked why we were there, and we told him what the other doc had said about some rhythm irregularities. Dr. Mandanas showed us today on print outs, what Dr. Amirani had been concerned about. Discussed a different implant possibility and the drawbacks and full informed us what the irregularities were. Each one had lasted from 1-4 seconds. Not enough to trigger defibrillation on Bob's device. He showed us charts that explained what Dr. Amirani meant when he said the pacemaker said there was extra fluid around the heart. We were able to pin point that that had been when Bob was off all heart medicines including the diuretic while he was sick. He showed, by contrast, how good he is doing now. I did not like that the appointment ran late. I did not like that I was not here. All in all, though, I liked that we learned new things at this appointment.