Well, I had another RHC on June 27, 2008. Let me tell you that it was NOT exciting to say the least. I nearly passed out during the numbing up part. My heart cath is done in the groin area because I have scoliosis and the doctor have always been concerned about whether or not the vein in my neck would be a straight shot to my heart. This last heart cath, while they numbed me up, they hit a nerve and that's why I nearly passed out. Now, I'm not faint of heart. I can take a lot of pain but this was really weird. I had to tell the doctor that something wasn't right and that it felt like all the blood was rushing out of my head. I couldn't breathe well and it scared the bejesus out of my. But, I survived. =o) I'm proud of myself.

The results were ok. My pressure in the Pulmonary Artery was just on point above last years which the doctor said it was ok and stable. They tried to do an Artial Blood Gas at the groin but with the fiasco of the nerve, the doctor didn't wan't to try for the artery. So, she took blood from the cath. Of course, the readings were off for the CO2 by about + or - 5. The results were bad but we expected them to be. The CO2 for veinous blood was about 70. But hey, my heart is doing well!!! =o)