[Dupage] Phil Fitzpatrick -- Update

[Corrinef]

Thank you all for your kind words of support and prayers we truly, truly appreciate them.  

Phil underwent an Electrophysiology test and they were able to ablate the circuitry that was causing the "A flutter" in his heart, so hopefully that should not be a problem in the future.  They also did a test at the same time to see how quickly his heart would go into V Tac, unfortunately in his case (1%), it happens much to easily, so he is now the proud owner of an ICD (defibrillator which will also double as a pacemaker if necessary), which is a good thing.  It was a shock to both of us so at first he was a little hesitant to have the procedure, but after some discussion (I pretty much told him he didn't have a choice) we have a plan.  So together with medication, his own personal internal paramedic team and an adjustment in diet and lifestyle he will have many more years of good life and boating ahead of him. 

We are home now and for him it's just rest for a while.  Of course he will have a few doctors appointments in the next few weeks to adjust his meds and double check the ICD and then every 3 months or so after that to check the ICD.  It's far better than the alternative.  Other than giving up Football, Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer and Roller Coasters his life will be pretty much back to normal after the healing process. 

Again, we cannot say thank you enough.  You are all such good friends and mean very much to both of us.  

Like I said before, I have not given quite all the details, believe it or not and as strange as it may seem looking back, we do have a couple funny anecdotes but I'll leave those for "Stitch" to share with you. 

He'll be home resting and recouping for at least 6 weeks if not a little longer, so if you feel like giving him a call please do.    

Cor and Phil          
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