Subject: King update. 

  Sally and Randy drove to Portland Oregon for lunch with friends on Friday 12-6-19.  While on the road,  Skylar notified us he was feeling some irregular heart rhythms during the night and some continued into the day.   He contacted cardiology and eventually a decision was made to have an EKG done to get a better sense of what was happening.    He drove himself to the clinic which identified he was actually in Atrial-fibrillation and to go to the hospital Emergency.
  
   Skylar was sedated for a brief period while doctors did a cardio-version (the big shocking jolt that resets the heart rhythm) so this time he felt nothing and there was no PTSD from the experience like when his defibrillator did the job as a surprise.   He was done with procedure as his parental units pulled back into the driveway.  Our "chosen family" from Glacier Bay National Park days and Mount Rainier National Park together, Chuck Young and Fawn Bauer, stepped in as surrogate parents to wait in the ER and drive Skylar’s car back and Skylar home.     

   Skylar was back to his normal routine right away. Sounds like its just something that can happen occasionally despite the ablation procedure he had in July to avoid sensitive nodes in his heart reacting, not indicative of other problems, and not causes by anything he did.   He continues to exercise, work, eat healthy, socialize!   He will meet with his cardiologist this week to just review. 

One never really stops their concern for people they love and it felt awkward to not be available to help Skylar with this event.   However,   it also reinforced to us how well he is paying attention to his own body, how responsible and pro-active he is being with seeking assistance, and his ability to handle his care as an independent adult.    There is an addition feeling of peace for the holiday knowing Skylar's recent a-fib event was just a blip and he is a capable young man with a tremendous support system!