Some of you following us on Facebook know we've visited the ER a few times in the weeks since Christmas. Everything was looking well for Cameron the week before Christmas so the doctors took him off the anticoagulation meds and started to try and wean him down from the antiarrhythmia medication. The very next week we were in the ER. To date, Cameron has gone back into A-flutter/A-fib four times (that we know about) since New Year's Eve and has had to be cardioverted (shocked) twice - once on the morning of New Year's Eve and again the following Sunday morning. This past Monday morning it happened again and the cardiologist had him take an extra dose of his antiarrhythmia medication and made an appointment for cardioversion the following morning. By the time we got to the hospital, he had already converted himself back to normal sinus rhythm and did not need cardioversion. However, his medication dosage was permanently upped for the time being and he is strictly off all alcohol and caffeine. Though he has only occasionally had a caffeinated beverage since he quit caffeine last June, the cardiologists also want him to abstain from alcohol until his heart has chance to fully heal...
