Short and Sweet
The appointment with his pulmonary doctor went well.
The sleep study of Wednesday night also included an echocardiogram for Dennis.
All is well. Dennis’ sleep apnea originates in his brain, not his heart. That origination may be in part to his age of 87, well not until Oct. 2nd. That is what all the little sensors were for, all over him. His pulse has always been in the 53 to 56 range. His oxygen level was at 96% Wednesday night and at 98% today.
Dr. Ziegler read all the information from the sleep study. She determined to treat the patient and not the graphs of the report. No changes on the settings of the ResMed machine. When Dennis told her we had a granddaughter that was a sophomore in college and that she looked about that age, she gave him a bit of a chuckle. I agreed with Dennis, she did look young.
We did stop for a meal at Perkins. It had been a long time since we had. Our first choice was Culver’s but they don’t open until eleven in the morning.
Home for the weekend . . . sounds great to me.
There is a hint of fall in the air. Some of the corn and bean fields are brown awaiting the harvest, while just as many are grass green. So many varieties in seed, it’s hard to say if they are 90 day crops or 120 day crops.
We do have some Monarchs fluttering about. I noticed they would perch on dandelions that still had a bloom and take a good snack. I hope they make it to Mexico.