Finally some answers! But I had to go about it the hard way. Apparently my heart is fed up with the waiting too, so it decided to act up on me and THAT is what finally got me some answers... Allow me to back up a bit.
We'll begin with trying to set up INRatio training:
I tried to call around 8:30 this morning, and didn't get ahold of anyone. I didn't leave a message, since I knew it was impossible for me to get a call back with any answers. Around 2:00 I had a few minutes, so I decided to try calling again, expecting the same results. However, this time I actually got through! She transfered me to whoever I was supposed to be talking to and when I explained that I was supposed to have gotten a training call last Wed. but never did, she looked it up and in the computer it said the training was "cancelled" because the patient had not received the monitor yet. I said that was rediculous because not only did I get the monitor, but no one called me to find out one way or the other. At this point, she decided to get the nurse on the line to help figure it out. Come to find out, the nurse DID call someone that night, and that person did NOT have her monitor yet. However, and I don't know how this happened, it was someone by the name of "J" HerrEn. I still don't get it, since the computer had MY number under this "J" person, and her's in my name. The address for me was correct, as was all the other info. But somehow HER name was in my time slot for training... I don't get it. At any rate, we got it worked out and now I'm reset for 5:30 tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be here...
Now for the DeVille saga:
This morning at 8:30 I called DeVille's office and left a message for Dustin. I left my work number and extension, explaining that if I didn't answer he should call the main number and leave a message with the front office OR he could leave a message on my cell phone (I left that number too). I tried again as soon as school let out (around 3-ish) and once again had to leave a message. I told him that school was now out and he should call me on my cell phone (again, I left that number). As soon as school was out I carried my cell with me everwhere I went, in case he called. Around 3:45 I left work to head to the post office. While waiting in the post office line my heart started doing 'funky' things. I tried to take my pulse, but it was very irratic. About 5 seconds of fast beats, then 5 seconds of skipped beats, and back and forth. Needless to say, I felt like crap. So when I finally got out of the post office, I tried calling DeVille's office again (it was bout 4:40). Again, I got Dustinn's voice mail and I left a message. I explained that not only was I interested in knowing what was going on, but now my heart was racing and I wasn't feeling good and I wanted to let DeVille know. I then went to the grocery store to get food for dinner and lunches (not to mention picking up prescriptions) and continued to feel like crap. When I got into my car I just sat for a few minutes until I felt okay enough to drive. When I got home I saw that there was a message (it was now 5:45). I listen to the message and it's Dustin telling me that he's sent the stuff to Mayo and DeVille will call them 'when he gets the chance.' Okay, not only is that an annoying way of putting it, but WHY didn't he call my cell like I asked??? I checked the caller ID and he did call before I left the message about not feeling well, so I thought MAYBE I would get another call from him. But no, of course not.
I continued to feel bad and after venting on the phone to my mom I decided to page Pearse (I knew she would call me back). After talking to her and explaining what was going on she told me to call DeVille's answering service and have him paged. So that's what I did. After half an hour the answering service called to see if he'd called me back. When I said no, they said they'd page him again. Thirty minutes later they called again. Still no call from DeVille. The next time I heard from them she had DeVille on the line so they would KNOW he'd talked to me.
So I finally got to talk to DeVille himself and he suggested that I send a defibrillator reading through my 'Carelink' device so that he could look at it (isn't it cool that they can do that over the phone now?!). He also said that he talked to the Mayo and yes, it looks like the lead has pulled back some and will need to be fixed. But he also said that after talking to them about how complicated it was to get the lead in the first time he's decided he is NOT comfortable doing the surgery himself... I said 'So I guess they want me to go back up there?' and he replied 'Let's wait and see what we get from the Carelink.'
So I'm still somewhat in limbo, but at least I'm a step closer to knowing. DeVille should be calling tonight (he said if I don't hear from him by 9 to have him paged again), and he mentioned seeing me in the office tomorrow. I imagine I should know something more, though who knows... I've been wrong so many times that I wouldn't be surprised if I know LESS tomorrow than I do today!
