Monday, May 12, 2008

Bernard is back in the ICU

Last Wednesday they discovered that Bernard still had a partial aneurysm that had been "hiding" when they did the intial coiling procedure on April 15. So they went back in to finish the job on Friday and Bernard was set to go home on Saturday. Just as he was about to be discharged, he started having severe pain in his side which was discovered to be internal bleeding from a punctured artery (the artery that the catheter had entered the day before). To make a very long story short, they ended up repairing the artery at 2am on Sunday morning. I spent the night in the hospital. His left side is weaker than before and they are trying to find out why, because they don't believe he had a stroke. We have had a rough ride and are very grateful for the support and prayers we have been getting from friends and family.

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