Switching medication

Last night Shawn had a bad attack - lasted almost 2 hours; chest pain, flush, short of breath, which started bad and steadily got worse - it was over two hours before he felt better.  Heart rate and bp were up throughout this time as well: in the 170/80 range.

Today, his doctor switched bp meds again, he's back on the one he was on in the hospital, which seemed to work a little better.  Also, now that he's finished the urine test for seretonin, he's on an antihistamine to block seratonin.  And that seems to be WORKING.  He hasn't had chest pain or shortness of breath since taking it.  He does still have a slight flush, and abdominal pain that he says has been climbing steadily the last few days.  But all in all, I'd say he's feeling lots better since starting the antihistamine.

Arie is here with him which has certainly lifted his spirits.  We started a fire in the fireplace tonight and we all played monopoly, a nice evening.  (Dave won.) Certainly beats the evenings in the hospital!