Be praying for my Mom
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Chris_Hamilton
Trying to be the best me, I can be
I brought her home today.
She is doing well. have noticed an improvement each day since the surgery. Still got a long road ahead but thankful that she made it through and seems to be healing quickly. Thank you all Gents for the thoughts and prayers. You are a great bunch of guys.
She is doing well. have noticed an improvement each day since the surgery. Still got a long road ahead but thankful that she made it through and seems to be healing quickly. Thank you all Gents for the thoughts and prayers. You are a great bunch of guys.
Chris_Hamilton
Trying to be the best me, I can be
Wednesday will be 4 weeks. She's doing well. I see improvements every day. Being that the Home Health Care Nurses no longer travel to our area, I was having to drive her 45 minutes each way 3 days a week, so that they could test her blood, PT, etc. Hard on her and me. She's done with those tests now though. Sucks living in the middle of nowhere. Appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers.
'68 Coronet R/T
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Amen. God is good!
metlmunchr
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Chris, were they able to get your mom out of A-fib? I don't have any other cardiac issues but I was diagnosed with A-fib back in December. Had a procedure yesterday called cardioversion where they knock you out with anesthesia for a few minutes with electrodes applied to your chest and back, and then a computer decides when to administer some mild shocks to attempt to get the heart back into normal rhythm. Mine worked with just one shock which pleased the cardiologist. But, about 1/3 of people who are converted will go back into A-fib at some point down the road, so its sort of a wait and see thing. People who continue to return to A-fib have the option of ablation or drug therapy to control it.
My doc recommended a device called Kardia Mobile which is a little device that allows you to run an EKG strip any time to see whether you're staying in normal rhythm or back in A-fib. Costs $79 and is simple to use in conjunction with a tablet or smart phone. It will tell you if you're in normal rhythm or back in A-fib, and if anything unusual shows up you can email a pdf of the EKG strip to the doctor. Kinda neat device that picks up the heartbeats by placing two fingers on the device and then it transmits the graph to the tablet or phone via bluetooth.
My doc recommended a device called Kardia Mobile which is a little device that allows you to run an EKG strip any time to see whether you're staying in normal rhythm or back in A-fib. Costs $79 and is simple to use in conjunction with a tablet or smart phone. It will tell you if you're in normal rhythm or back in A-fib, and if anything unusual shows up you can email a pdf of the EKG strip to the doctor. Kinda neat device that picks up the heartbeats by placing two fingers on the device and then it transmits the graph to the tablet or phone via bluetooth.
Chris_Hamilton
Trying to be the best me, I can be
Good to hear they were able to get your heart in order pretty quickly. Hope it continues for you well into the future.
She had A-Fib for about 4 or 5 days after the surgery. Once they stabilized it (drugs?) she was able to go home a few days later. It has been normal since. Doctors said it's fairly common to get that after open heart surgery of any type. After a rough couple of weeks at home she is doing really well. I think because she was in such good shape prior to the surgery.
One thing that upset me was well after the surgery I found out that orginally she was going to have the procedure done less invasively. They can go in from the side which is much less traumatic and a much quicker recovery time. I thought that they did the less invasive procedure only going in from the top instead of the side. Turns out the machine they use was broken and the Surgeon told her it wouldn't be fixed for a month. Said that to do it today, they would have to go in from the chest. Said it wouldn't be much different. He told her this the day of the surgery! Of course she was going to agree as she wanted to get it over with. He was kind of deceptive about that. Surgeons view patients as slabs of meat IMO. Get through as many as they can. If I had known this I would not have let her go through with it. Splitting someone's chest open is a very traumatic thing.
She had A-Fib for about 4 or 5 days after the surgery. Once they stabilized it (drugs?) she was able to go home a few days later. It has been normal since. Doctors said it's fairly common to get that after open heart surgery of any type. After a rough couple of weeks at home she is doing really well. I think because she was in such good shape prior to the surgery.
One thing that upset me was well after the surgery I found out that orginally she was going to have the procedure done less invasively. They can go in from the side which is much less traumatic and a much quicker recovery time. I thought that they did the less invasive procedure only going in from the top instead of the side. Turns out the machine they use was broken and the Surgeon told her it wouldn't be fixed for a month. Said that to do it today, they would have to go in from the chest. Said it wouldn't be much different. He told her this the day of the surgery! Of course she was going to agree as she wanted to get it over with. He was kind of deceptive about that. Surgeons view patients as slabs of meat IMO. Get through as many as they can. If I had known this I would not have let her go through with it.
Splitting someone's chest open is a very traumatic thing.