We saw the cardiovascular surgeon. His name is Dr. Franco. Seems very nice. I would say about 40 ish. He had the report of the sonar. He told us right off, there is severe blockage in the carotid artery. Both sides. He made it quite sure, in his opinion there are only two alternatives.Open surgery to remove the plaque. Stenting, which is less invasive, and less effective. He strongly is on the side of the former.
He scheduled a CT. (computed tomography) Actually x rays, giving a three dimension image of the artery. Cathy had that done Friday. Dr Franco will review the results, and we will confer with him on the 22nd of Dec. At that time I'll write another episode.
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