Dad had his 2 week checkup this afternoon. They took all the tape off his incisions. They are still pink but things are looking good. He is scheduled for a C Scan tomorrow morning just to check things out. Dad told the doctor of his being tired and that's normal. The other "symptom" he has is he is cold a lot, he is so cold sometimes his teeth chatter and he shivers. The doctor told us that when they first starting doing this procedure patients would run a fever and they would keep them in the hospital and run all kinds of tests. They figured it out that as the old aneurism pouch is re-absorbed and shrinks, a fever seems to accompany this process. They gave him some pills to take for a week which should help. If everything is okay, he won't have to go back to the doctors for another 3 months. We took a "Thank You" card and some cookies over to Dr. Stevens, who said that sometimes he just gets a feeling like something needs to be done. Dad feels that Dr. Stevens saved his life.
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