Update on Reimond's cardiology appointment

We had the cardiac evaluation today and everything came out good. He has a "fistula" from his coronary artery to his pulmonary artery that is streaming blood from the one to the other when his heart is at rest (between beats), but it is very small, and only a small amount of blood is moving through this connection instead of going into his heart, where it is supposed to be. His arteries, valves, and heart otherwise look strong and healthy, so at this point they are not going to do any sort of intervention, just follow up and watch it. If his coronary artery was enlarged, or the flow of blood was significantly greater, then they would need to put in some sort of coil to block the flow, as arterial blood tends to take the path of least resistance, and thus the artery would need to work harder to get the correct amount of blood to the heart (hence the risk of enlargement). He could live to be a hundred with this without difficulties, although they do want to keep an eye on it "just in case" something changes. Bottom line is he is fine, I am relieved, and my mom, sister, and niece are all here and it is wonderful to have family around--especially learning that it is snowing "back home in MN" today and we are cool and breezy down here with sunshine. I think we are gonna go site-seeing in just a bit, and probably try to keep it a relaxing day cuz last night was late, and not many of us slept well (having to be up at 5-5:30 am sucked!).