The saga of Ellie's symptoms continues. We decided some time ago to forego sailing this summer as so much was unclear about what steps needed to be taken to treat the Afib. She has been in sinus rhythm now for two months while on several drugs to keep her heart rate under control. We did a ten day trip to the Olympic mountains in northwest Washington visiting Ellie's brother and sisterinlaw and an old friend of ours whom we met in Cuba six years ago. Finally, we were beginning to feel normal again.

 

Then, just as we deplaned back in MPLS, she developed blurry and double vision. So per the cardiologist's instructions, we went straight to the ER. After six hours and more tests, they decided that the symptoms were a side effect of one of her meds, amiodorone. They recommended that she stop taking it until we could consult with her cardiologist on next steps. 

 

Stay tuned.