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Peg D
Hi. Well I finally got to come home yesterday. The cath was on Monday, May 14 and surgery was the next day. The cardio said the surgeon would scare you, but he was the best. He certainly did! After the cath, he said the left ventricle was enlarged, the aorta was a little enlarged, and the lung pressures were high. Hopefully the lung pressures were caused from the valve. Anyway normally you would have a 1 in 10 chance to come out OK, but with these if brought it down to a 1 in 5. Just what I wanted to hear! (Lung pressures did go down!)
Anyway surgery went well! Then came the Coumadin. Friday protime-.88, Saturday, 1.26, doubled the Coumadin, Sunday, 8.0! Got some Vi. K then Monday, 1.24! So I guess I'm very sensitive!
Now I'm waiting to see what tomorrows test shows! Any suggestions?
Today I was getting my hair washed and had a very strange feeling. Felt kind of numb, (that's not the right word--maybe just weird) like you couldnt see but you could. I kept talking to make sure I could, went through all the things to check for a stroke and all seemed OK. A few seconds it dissapeared. Anyone has had this happen? Is this part of pumphead? Also the heart seems to pound out of my chest. I've read about others with that experience. I was up doing a few things and took the pressure and rate. The rate was 85. That seemed high. Are these things to call the cardio about, or are they fairly normal.
I'm feeling SO much better already than I did before, but still worring also.
Peg--aortic valve replacement--May 15, 2007 at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, KS.
Anyway surgery went well! Then came the Coumadin. Friday protime-.88, Saturday, 1.26, doubled the Coumadin, Sunday, 8.0! Got some Vi. K then Monday, 1.24! So I guess I'm very sensitive!
Now I'm waiting to see what tomorrows test shows! Any suggestions?
Today I was getting my hair washed and had a very strange feeling. Felt kind of numb, (that's not the right word--maybe just weird) like you couldnt see but you could. I kept talking to make sure I could, went through all the things to check for a stroke and all seemed OK. A few seconds it dissapeared. Anyone has had this happen? Is this part of pumphead? Also the heart seems to pound out of my chest. I've read about others with that experience. I was up doing a few things and took the pressure and rate. The rate was 85. That seemed high. Are these things to call the cardio about, or are they fairly normal.
I'm feeling SO much better already than I did before, but still worring also.
Peg--aortic valve replacement--May 15, 2007 at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, KS.