Peg Ostrander
Dr. Valdivia
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24 records, oldest first2011
Jan 8
2019
Sep 11
A day of waiting. He is on a monitor that draws his heart in green across a scr…
…een over his head. I have watched that line for eleven hours. It does the same thing every time, and I cannot stop checking that it has.
He is bored, which the day nurse says is the best sign there is. He has asked for the crossword, his own pillow and the lake association minutes.
Dr. Valdivia came by at four to i…
Sep 12
What's the design life on that?
Sep 12
Longer than the warranty on the rest of you, if you take the pills.
Sep 12
It is done, and he is all right.
They took him down at 9:50. Ellen and I sat in a waiting room on the second floor with a fish tank and a television nobody was watching. I had brought a book and held it. Ellen did not pretend; she sat with her forearms on her knees.
At 11:25 Dr. Valdivia came out in her blue cap. She sat down beside us before she sa…
Sep 12
Cardiac catheterization, Dr. Valdivia. A 90% blockage in the middle of the LAD;…
…one drug-eluting stent placed. The other arteries have mild disease only. The heart is pumping normally (EF 55%). Home on the 13th on clopidogrel, aspirin, atorvastatin 40 and metoprolol 25. No driving for a week, nothing over ten pounds for two.
Sep 13
RAY: HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. What the cardiology nurse told us at discharge thi…
…s noon, with the sheet in front of me.
WHAT WAS DONE (Thursday, September 12, Dr. Valdivia): one stent, in the artery down the front of the heart. The other arteries have mild disease and need nothing now. The heart muscle is pumping normally.
THE PILLS. Four are new. Ellen has them in the box with fourteen doors,…
Sep 14
Current, and for life, per Dr. Valdivia. Over the counter; it is here so that i… · Ray
Current, and for life, per Dr. Valdivia. Over the counter; it is here so that it is on his medication list.
Sep 14
Current, since the stent in September 2019. Dr. Valdivia wants his LDL under 70. · Ray
Current, since the stent in September 2019. Dr. Valdivia wants his LDL under 70.
Sep 22
David came for the weekend, Friday night to this afternoon, by himself. He did…
…not say he was coming until he was at the gate in Denver.
He and R. spent most of Saturday afternoon in the shop, not building anything. R. is not to lift more than ten pounds until Friday, so David lifted, and R. told him where to put things.
In the kitchen this morning David asked me, "Is he going to be okay?" He…
Sep 26
Two weeks. Dr. Valdivia saw him this afternoon in the clinic and is satisfied:…
…the wrist has healed, the pressure is good, and the tracing is "boring," her word, and a compliment. He may lift again as of tomorrow and may go up north, with the pills, the card and me.
I asked her the question I have been carrying around, which is whether the ten minutes on the step did any harm. She did not tell…
Sep 27
Dr. Valdivia, yesterday, two weeks after the stent. He may lift again from toda…
…y, drive, and go up north. Clopidogrel until September 2020, one full year. The cholesterol pill stays at 40 for good. A snowblower is allowed after rehab; a shovel and wet snow, no. He sees her every October from now on.
Oct 6
We bought a painting yesterday. Three pears on a blue cloth, in oil, by a woman…
…named Miriam Kessel Dahl. It was in the window at Windrow Gallery, and R. stopped in front of it on the way back from the farmers' market.
We went in. He asked the price, and when she told him he did not blink; he looked at me, and I heard myself say yes.
He says he likes that the pears are not perfect; one of them…
Oct 6
Three Pears
Oil on panel by Miriam Kessel Dahl. Windrow Gallery, a present to ourselves three weeks after Ray's stent. Kitchen, over the sideboard. Appraised 2021.
Oct 8
Painting, "Three Pears" by Miriam Kessel Dahl
Windrow Gallery. $2,400.00 plus $132.00 tax, framed. · Painting, "Three Pears" by Miriam Kessel Dahl
2022
Aug 17
Ray, Dr. Rasmusson, yesterday, about the right knee. I went.
- The X-ray: bone on bone on the inside half of the joint. He showed us. Even I could see there is no gap left.
- The two cortisone shots this year (March and late June) each lasted about five weeks. A third would do no better.
- His words: "You can have this done when you are ready, and you will know when that is." R…
Aug 17
Ray, Dr. Rasmusson. X-ray of the right knee shows bone on bone on the inner sid…
…e. Two cortisone shots this year did not last. Total knee replacement booked for November 8. Dr. Valdivia has to clear him first.
Oct 30
RAY'S KNEE: getting the house and ourselves ready. Surgery is Tuesday, November…
…8; check in at 5:45 in the morning. From the class on the 18th, the booklet, and Julia on the telephone.
THE HOUSE
- He sleeps in our own bed; the stairs are allowed. One step at a time, good leg up first, new leg down first. I sleep in Kate's old room for the first weeks.
- Rugs: every loose one is rolled up and in…
2024
Oct 23
Ray, cardiology, yesterday: the five-year test with the dye and the camera. Nor…
…mal. The pumping number is 57 per cent, where 55 was called normal in 2019. Dr. Valdivia does not want to repeat it until 2029 unless he has symptoms.
No change to any pill.
Oct 23
Five years and six weeks since the stent, and yesterday Dr. Valdivia had him ba…
…ck on a treadmill, with the dye and the camera. Normal. The blood goes everywhere it should, and the pump is as strong as it was. She does not want to do it again until 2029. R. asked her whether the stent was still within its design life. She said that he was, too.
I had not known I was still carrying it until it w…
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| First name | Miriam |
|---|---|
| Last name | Valdivia |
| Nickname | Dr. Valdivia |
| Company | Arbor Bluff Heart Center |
| Job title | Cardiologist |
| Gender | Female |
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q020 What have I got coming up for the rest of this month? q023 When is Ray's heart doctor appointment? q024 What happened in September 2019? I'd like the whole month back, in order. q028 Walk me through Ray's heart since the stent, year by year. Has it held? q029 What was it Ray said to the cardiologist after the stent went in? The children want it for the anniversary toast. q030 What was the name of the night nurse I liked so much when Ray was in the hospital? q039 What did the doctor say about Ray's heart?