Last summer I wore a heart recorder for a month. I was supposed to record any episodes of AFib or flutter. No episodes were recorded. I have not have any AFib or flutter since last March.
Over the Thanksgiving break, I wore a Holter monitor. I got a call from my cardiologist's nurse today and she said that no AFib was recorded on the monitor so I could stop taking coumadin. I guess the Maze procedure done during my OHS was successful. Also my total cholesteral is down to 189. It was 212 last time. I have not been taking statins. Everything is in range.
As for my husband, it is a rollercoaster. Last Tuesday he was admitted to the hospital and given 3 units of blood. He was just in the hospital overnight.His hemoglobin count was a 3...quite low. The 3 units of blood bought it up to 8.5. Still not high ( should be about 14)but today is was still at 8.6 so they said that was good it stayed stable.
His white blood cell count has been in the 40,000 ( I think normal should be 8,000-12,000) and today it is down to 13, 000. They have NO idea why it came down.
He has been having radiation treatments. The lung cancer is still spreading to his ribs. Some days he has a lot of pain.They think they may be able to resume chemo treatments next week. They had to stop because of the high white blood cells count.
I want to thank everyone for all the prayers. We really appreciate it.
Over the Thanksgiving break, I wore a Holter monitor. I got a call from my cardiologist's nurse today and she said that no AFib was recorded on the monitor so I could stop taking coumadin. I guess the Maze procedure done during my OHS was successful. Also my total cholesteral is down to 189. It was 212 last time. I have not been taking statins. Everything is in range.
As for my husband, it is a rollercoaster. Last Tuesday he was admitted to the hospital and given 3 units of blood. He was just in the hospital overnight.His hemoglobin count was a 3...quite low. The 3 units of blood bought it up to 8.5. Still not high ( should be about 14)but today is was still at 8.6 so they said that was good it stayed stable.
His white blood cell count has been in the 40,000 ( I think normal should be 8,000-12,000) and today it is down to 13, 000. They have NO idea why it came down.
He has been having radiation treatments. The lung cancer is still spreading to his ribs. Some days he has a lot of pain.They think they may be able to resume chemo treatments next week. They had to stop because of the high white blood cells count.
I want to thank everyone for all the prayers. We really appreciate it.
