Right Heart Caths

Every time I go back to Cleveland they repeat a Swan-Ganz catheterization. It is the passing of a thin tube (catheter) into the right side of the heart and the arteries leading to the lungs to monitor the heart's function and blood flow. They do this to retest my pressures to see if the pressure numbers are better or worse. The last time I was admitted to Cleveland they were in the teens and with medication they were doing better. When I visit Cleveland I am put through two to three days of tests to insure my place on the transplant list. It is very nerve racking for me because I never know what they will say and if they will want to keep me or move me up on the list. So far we have been on the list with them for a little over a year and am waiting for them to say it is my time for a new heart and a new life.