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HEART CATH LOCALLY NOW!

July 5, 2018 Today my local cardiologist's office called me and said they got the message that I'd wondered if they performed heart caths here locally.  Rather surprised, I told her that while in Columbus we had called her office from the clinic there and were told that they did  not do the caths here in Marietta. She seemed rather shocked at that and together we figured it was a miscommunication.  My cardiologist - Dr. Bagae - does not do them himself, but the office does!  So she is finding out the where and when of it all and will clear it with Columbus.  The chief heart specialist in Columbus has a nurse that used to work here!  And so it goes...
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HEART EDUCATION DAY JULY 2, 2018

Mike and I drove to Columbus, Ohio, late in the afternoon of July 1, 2018, to the Hilton Gardens Inn, near to the hospital where all my heart business is being done.  Let me tell you about that first! It's quite a nice place with lots of spacious areas, well lighted, includes a little convenience center for after hours, a nice restaurant open till 10, lots of roomy  parking.  We took the elevator up to our 3rd floor handicapped-accessible room.  Big, with a king bed, lots of shelves and cubbies and stuff for long term stays, GREAT pillows!  TV which we didn't even turn on, microwave, hidden fridge, etc. The one thing we chose this room for was what they call a roll-in show - no tub to step over.  It had a pull down seat there as well.  Lots of nice big towels. HOWEVER - the floor was like glass.  No standing or moving at all without holding on for dear life to the grab rails.  No wonder they were all around!!  I had to call Mike to...
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