I don't feel like retyping everything again, so I'm just going to copy/paste from my caringbridge site. Here you go:
Crap. Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap. Sorry for the language, but why can't anything go smoothly for me? Allow me to explain:
I went to my 'echo with A/V optimization' appt. today. I had fun with the new techs learning all about how to do an echo on someone who's completely backwards. We laughed and joked for over an hour while they tried to figure out what they were actually looking at. Apparently no one had warned them about me before I came. Good thing I always say something at the beginning of every appt! With all the teasing going on, it's no surprise that Dr. DeVille's news for me completely blind-sided me. Apparently the left ventricular lead (the one that we got this Bi-V device FOR) is not 'capturing' (in other words, it's not working right). I asked him what that meant and he said we'd have to 'fix it.' So I asked how THAT would happen, and he said we'd have to go in and replace it! Grrr... That means more surgery and more restrictions. :-( He said he wasn't 100% sure about it, but it was likely. He sent me to have an x-ray done to see what was up with that lead and he'll review it this afternoon and get back to me. Not sure when. So until then, I wait I guess.
This is SO not cool. I thought that things had been going so well. Infinately better than the last attempt. But I guess I'm going to be sticking to my 'rule of three' yet again. It seems that lately every time I have surgery, it turns into three close together. Hopefully the next one will count as two as he plans to take out the other pacer while he's got me off coumadin. So that would be two incisions, surely that would count??? Phooey. I was in such a good mood before. Now I'm grumpy. And Nathan is working and I have bookbinding, so I won't be able to talk to him about it until late tonight. This stinks.