All Day at the Hospital: Day Three

The short version: DH's heart catheterization is scheduled for Thursday morning. The results will tell us if he can be treated with medication; with stints and angioplasty; with emergency bypass surgery; with non-emergency bypass surgery. I suppose his kidneys will also get a vote in the matter; the kidney doctor (nephrologist?) said that his kidneys are functioning at 18%, and are smaller than normal. That means the kidney condition is chronic, and would have gotten him sooner or later. He will need temporary or permanent dialysis after the procedure. Is he a candidate for a transplant? I don't know. We've just got to get through Thursday morning, and then we'll take the next step...