A bit of a more difficult biopsy this time

So I know I updated everyone on Ben's biopsy on Facebook and that all the relevant parts went well. He had no rejection. His arteries looked great and all that. But, I didn't get to all the other parts. We all know we got there at 6:30 am. Which in and of itself was tiring. Ben did not get to eat until after the biopsy. So, I didn't eat breakfast until they took him back at around 7:45 because I didn't want him to see me eating of course. Biopsy went well. No issues there. Dr. Gossett came out to talk to me and everything was fine. It did take Ben a little longer to wake up from the anesthesia this time. But, no one really thought that was a problem since he had had versed before, then the anesthesia, and they gave him fentanyl to ward off any pain from the procedure.

Well, everything was going fine. I went to get lunch at about noon. The nurse sat with him while I got my lunch and when I came back she said she was going to get some tylenol because he was complaining about pain in his leg. Ok, no problem. We were still on track to leave around 3 or 3:30 after his 6 hours of lying flat and then a chest x-ray. Well, just as we were getting ready to be discharged at 3 and go down to x-ray, Ben starts screaming that his leg hurts and he can't walk. The nurse looked concerned and asked him where it hurt. Now, Dr. Thrush had *just* been in and examined Ben and everything was fine. Not 20 minutes before this. So, the nurse took his temp and vitals. Well, his temp was 102.1. So that earned us an extended stay in the PACU. :/ Dr Thrush had to come back down to examine him again and called him a troublemaker ;) They checked his vitals around every 30 minutes and his heart rate was quite elevated (in the 140's) for a long time. Until his fever came down, basically. And he refused to walk until around 7. We even had to wheel hims down on his bed to x-ray. I decided to order him food around 6:15 since I had no idea how long we would be there, and the cafeteria closes at 7:30.

Basically, they agreed that the anesthesia was probably the cause of the fever. But, we still couldn't go unless it came down. We were allowed to go if he *just* had pain. IF I wanted to. If I didn't want to or didn't feel comfortable managing the pain at home, they could admit him for observation to the CICU. But, I kind of felt like, if it was going to just be tylenol every 4 hours and vitals checks, I could do that at home. If it was anything more, then, yeah, we could admit him. So, the fellow that came down later, around 7 said that she was fine with us leaving since his fever had come down and stayed normal. As long as he would try to walk. So we we did a couple of walks up and down the hall and he was ok. We FINALLY got discharged at 8:45 pm. It was such a long day! Joe nicely offered to take the girls to school the next morning, but I had to be there for their sock hop anyways because if I wasn't there, then Ben wouldn't be able to go. So, up again at 6:45 after getting home at 10:15. But, it's all ok now, because he is fine. Rejection level 0. Coronaries are great. And everything is good!