Getting Back in Rhythm

on heart monitors, Transfiguration, and balance

Photo by Jair Lázaro on Unsplash

So the docs and nurses have been watching my mother’s rhythm since Friday. Due to atrial fibrillation, her heart rate has been speeding for a while. They’ve tried shocking her back into rhythm at the hospital back home, but that didn’t last. Now we’ve checked into a hospital in a larger city to try a medication that requires monitoring at first, before gradually increasing…