After 24 hours of cardiac telemonitoring and an echocardiogram, the cardiologist decided that nothing is wrong with Tim's heart. He just occasionally has a low heart rate. So they moved him back to the transplant floor to room 1589.
They did discover a blood clot around the picc-line in his arm, so they removed it. The clot didn't totally block his blood vessel, so they are waiting to see if it dissolves naturally. They'd prefer not to give Tim blood thinners because of the vasculitis.
They also stopped one of his anti-rejection medications on Thursday to see if that is contributing to the confusion. He seemed a little better yesterday morning, but by Friday evening he was muddled again. The doctors said that it would take a few days to see any improvement if the drug was contributing to the confusion.
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