A new scar

Samuel was released from the hospital this morning and is now back home. He's taking it easy on the couch and needs to nurse the wound in his groin as well as the one on his chest. The new scar on his chest was made to implant the "Reveal" device:
It is literally the size of a USB drive, if a little longish. There are 2 contacts on the side that is towards his ribs that will collect heart rhythms. Here is his new scar:

Any heart-beats that go above or below a certain range will be automatically recorded. There is also a manual device he can use to force recording of an event if he notices he faints, etc. We're not sure how well that will work. We'll need to see. The Reveal will be in his chest for about a year and a half.

Onto the next phase of healing and monitoring...

Wrapping up.

We just had a call from the doctor doing Samuel's procedure. She said that they are just wrapping up inserting the Reveal monitor in his chest. She said he'd be out in about 30 minutes.

The study seem to take about 2 hours. The rest has been getting the Reveal in place. He'll be coming home on some anti-biotics and they will need to see him again in about a week. The tests they performed found no issues, which is great and was the objective of this effort; the doctors have ruled out the heart, for now, as the cause of his "fainting" or crashing episodes. Also, that says that his heart was not enlarged, hence, surgery is off the table.

We may be home before 10. I'm looking forward to sleeping soundly tonight. Thank you to al our friends and family that have been praying for this optimal result.