Feb 2-9th Hong Kong (zero pictures, sorry)
(some of the following is cut and pasted from another update, sorry for the redundancy)
Hong Kong is an amazing city, a feast for the eyes of food, clothing, toys, cars, you name it, this place has it. It is clean and somewhat easily maneuverable. We should love this place compared to Bangkok, but we don’t. Coming to Hong Kong for us means something serious is going on, or potentially serious. If you recall almost exactly two years ago, pregnant with Sophia, we flew here quickly for David to receive follow up Rabies shots after what was certain exposure. Sure, we could see a movie and drink coffee as we waited for the days between shots, but it was all masked by the reality that we possibly didn’t get here in time and rabies could come and David would be gone. It was sobering, and you guys prayed us through that. Our amazing God was gracious to us then and proves so gracious again. ..
The Cardiologist here, at first glance of David’s files from Bangkok, said they looked ‘ugly’ or, more medically, ‘malignant.’ Ugh, here we go again. But then he did an ultrasound and stress test, all which were great. He then made David wear a heart monitor for 24 hours (again), to see what the beta blockers were doing, if the tachycardia was really under control. David continues to feel an ‘odd heart beat’ which the doctor continued to see as well and named an ‘early heart beat.’ The doctor never seemed to think David’s problem was VT (the fatal kind of tachycardia), but he also said even with medicine controlling it, David is so young to be on medicine for the rest of his life. After reading the monitor, it revealed zero tachycardia, just the early heart beat. This was great news. He confirmed what other doctors we have consulted with have said, David has SVT with aberrancy most likely occurring in the AV node, basically his circuitry doesn’t work like most peoples, he has an ‘extra’ electrical pathway. This is good news, though it does make him an ‘excellent case for ablation therapy,’ as the doctor here stated. Ablation therapy ‘cuts’ or ‘zaps’ the electrical pathway. The doctor said David is at little or no risk if we wait until we go home to get this done in the U.S., which we prefer. David will remain on Beta Blockers and then when we return to the U.S. we will follow up with ablation therapy.
