[Marilyn]

Ladies, thank you all so very much for your kind thoughts and prayers. We are doing okay. Hubby is out of the woods as far as his condition being life threatening. They have his heartrate down to a safer level, but not low enough to go home. They keep increasing his meds, but he's still running between 104 and 165 beats per minute. When he went into the hospital he was at 240 bpm. He has to get below 110 to go home. Then he will continue on the meds and if he does not convert to a normal rhythm in a couple of weeks has to go back in for a stronger drug and if that does not work, they will shock his heart to try to get it to convert. What he has is called atrial fibrillation. I Googled it, and 2.2 million Americans have this condition. Some of them never convert to a normal rhythm, their rates are just controlled at a near normal level. The doctor says with the right treatment he can live a long, normal life with just a slight inconvenience. He's very healthy. His blood pressure, cholesterol and other factors all look good.

I was pretty freaked out at first, and am still very concerned since he's kinda hit a plateau and they are having trouble getting it to go lower. The doctors say there are still lots of options left, but he's getting so tired of being stuck in the hospital.

Again, thank you all so much for your concern. It means a lot that you all care!! Lissa will be home from school on Saturday, so we will all be together. We can really use her. The Parade of Homes tour begins Saturday.