My EP finally kicked into high gear (after some prodding from my wonderful cardiologist) and I will be having the surgery to replace the lead on Monday morning. It will be at the Heart Hospital in Plano (yea! No trip to MN!!!). He would have scheduled it for tomorrow except he has to give me time to get the coumadin out of my system. I'm so relieved to be getting it over with. And even better, it won't mess with the surrogacy plans. I started the meds yesterday and can continue to take them after surgery. I will be out of the hospital well before I need to go back to the RE's office. Yea!
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Nancy
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Good for you! I am so glad it all worked out for you! Thank God you have such a caring cardiologist!
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Niki,
Very glad this is shaping up to be working out for you....
Thoughts/prayers coming your way for the surgery on Monday.
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Very glad this is shaping up to be working out for you....
Thoughts/prayers coming your way for the surgery on Monday.
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hensylee
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I am so glad for you. wishing you well and looking forward to hearing all about it. Blessins....
Jackie
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Its always nice to hear good news. Prayers and (((HUGS)))
The fun never stops! I am set up for surgery here in town on Monday morning (check in at 8AM, procedure begins around 10:30-11:00). But my defibrillator alarm went off again this morning! So now I have to go in and have it checked to make sure that there isn't something else that has gone wrong. Pray that I will be able to keep my surgery date and this new alarm is no big deal!
AgilityDog
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HOORAY!!!! Best Wishes for Monday!
It's a nice hospital, pretty good staff, and soooo close to home!
It's a nice hospital, pretty good staff, and soooo close to home!
AgilityDog
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PROMPTLY FOLLOWED BY EEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!
I hope that's just another of your 10:00 alarms (yes, bionic part, we know you are broken, already!)
I hope that's just another of your 10:00 alarms (yes, bionic part, we know you are broken, already!)
netmiff
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Niki, I hope the latest alarm is a false one and that everything goes according to plan .... I would be screaming "why me ????" or "what next???" at the the top of my lungs by now . . good luck
Prayers coming your way that this is just a bump in the road and you will be able to have your surgery on Monday
S
Susan BAV
When I read your first post, I was going to remind you that with some defibs, though I don't know if yours is like this, someone near you can feel the shock if you touch them while it's happening. My dad was going to get a defib like that but was given a different pacer instead.
Sorry it's a lead issue for you. I remember reading (and maybe posting) a recalled lead article once but I don't recall the particulars.
[edit - I searched for the thread: http://valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22613&highlight=wires ]
Hoping this surgery goes well for you, Niki.
Sorry it's a lead issue for you. I remember reading (and maybe posting) a recalled lead article once but I don't recall the particulars.
[edit - I searched for the thread: http://valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22613&highlight=wires ]
Hoping this surgery goes well for you, Niki.
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Dawn-Marie
Hi Niki ~ My thoughts and prayers are with you. I hope nothing further is wrong and that everything goes well on Monday. Dawn-Marie
I just wanted to let you know that I'm at home now. I got in right away to get it checked and it turns out it was just going off to tell us the same thing it told us last time (about the broken lead). Afterward I just went over to the Heart Hospital in Plano (where I'll be having the surgery) so that I could go ahead and do my pre-admission paperwork, blood work, and chest x-ray. I guess I could have gone back to work afterwards (I finished around 1:30) but I just didn't have the energy. So I came home and I've been laying in bed (with my lap top) ever since. I've also talked with my cardiologist, who is concerned about how awful I'm feeling. She said she doesn't want me to "play the hero" if I get to feeling any worse. She wants me to make sure I go to the ER if I start to have a hard time breathing. I REALLY hope I won't have to.
Anyway, unless I end up in the hospital over the weekend, the plan is to check in at the Heart Hospital at 9 AM Monday morning, then the procedure will take place some time between 10:30 and 11:00. I will try to have my husband update someone, but I'll warn you that he hates that part of the job. I've got a long list of people who will want to know how it went, so I may give some of the list to my Mother In Law to call or email. The hospital may also have wireless, in which case I can update once I'm more alert.
Anyway, unless I end up in the hospital over the weekend, the plan is to check in at the Heart Hospital at 9 AM Monday morning, then the procedure will take place some time between 10:30 and 11:00. I will try to have my husband update someone, but I'll warn you that he hates that part of the job. I've got a long list of people who will want to know how it went, so I may give some of the list to my Mother In Law to call or email. The hospital may also have wireless, in which case I can update once I'm more alert.
briansmom
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Niki,
thank you for keeping us updated. I am following this closely because it is similar to what Brian will be going through. BTW, Brian's pacemaker is set for activity level but with a minimum HR of 70 BPM.
thank you for keeping us updated. I am following this closely because it is similar to what Brian will be going through. BTW, Brian's pacemaker is set for activity level but with a minimum HR of 70 BPM.
AgilityDog
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Plano Heart Hospital definitely has internet service in the rooms, but I don't remember if it's wireless or you have to take your cable and plug in or not. Anesthesia scrambles my brain.
I remember they have wireless patient monitoring so you can walk around if you are able.
If you've got a spare USB or phone line cable, take it just in case.
I guess they'll probably throw you out on your ear around Noon Tuesday, unless they keep you another day for good measure.
Get some rest, hope you feel better soon.
I remember they have wireless patient monitoring so you can walk around if you are able.
If you've got a spare USB or phone line cable, take it just in case.
I guess they'll probably throw you out on your ear around Noon Tuesday, unless they keep you another day for good measure.
Get some rest, hope you feel better soon.
Have a great week-end and I just know all will go well on Monday. Update us when you can. We will be here waiting for the good news.
Andrew'sMom
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Niki, Good luck on Monday! Glad to read your surrogacy plans still have that green light!
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Phyllis
Niki you will be in my prayers on Monday- Looking forward to hearing all good news!
Yeah, like thet is evah gonna happen!!!!
Bubba
Hush up Bubba.
Prayer sand good thoughts coming your way. I've already had my AICD and lead replaced once (and hopefully for the last time). I've only got the single lead and they decided to leave the old one in there (the lead---not the old AICD too!!!!
). Good luck and look forward to your Post Posting.
May God Bless,
Danny
Well, here it is, two in the morning and I can't sleep... I can barely stay awake during the day, but the lights go out and my eyes remain open.
Even more drama has been added to the plate. When I did my blood work for the pre-admitting yesterday they (naturally) took my INR. It was over 6! So the EP called in a prescription for vit. K. Two pills. Took one yesterday and will take the other today. I'm wondering if the sudden spike (last I checked I was in range!) is due to the IVF meds that I started on Wednesday. No one was ever able to tell me if it would have an effect on my INR. I had planned to check my INR just prior to starting the drugs, then checking again a couple of days later, just to see. However, I got distracted by the ICD incident, so I did not take it on Wednesday. And now the experiment would be useless, since I'm coming off of coumadin for the surgery.
Also, Nathan came very close to taking me to the ER last night. He could not concentrate at work, so he came home early to be with me. Despite my hanging out in bed, he was by my side the whole night (he brought his lap top into the bedroom as well). Being the cardiac nurse he is, he began listening to my breathing, unbeknownst to me. He said my breathing was fast and shallow and it had him concerned. He made me get up and take my lasix a little early to see if that would help. It must have satisfied him enough because he didn't rush me off to the hospital. Hopefully the very low key weekend I've got mapped out will keep me from getting to the point that I need to be admitted prior to Monday. Though I must admit that between Nathan and Dr. Pearse worrying about my breathing I'm beginning to worry a tiny bit myself (but not enough to want to be in the hospital if I can help it!).
Quite frankly, I'm looking forward to Monday getting here so that I can start feeling better. I've had dark and gloomy thoughts for the last few days. Like: How I can expect to take care of a kid if I'm going to feel like this from time to time? How will I take care of a kid after surgery, of which I know I'll be having plenty more in the future? I also thought about the transplant everyone says is in my future. Is this how I'm going to have to feel while I wait for transplant? How am I going to do that? How will Nathan survive that? A few days is one thing. But months or years? These are not thoughts I want to be having. Right now I should be happy and bubbly over the upcoming transfer. This should be a happy time. Instead I've got this gloomy Eeyore cloud over my head. I hope this weekend passes quickly! (I never thought I'd utter THAT sentence!)
Even more drama has been added to the plate. When I did my blood work for the pre-admitting yesterday they (naturally) took my INR. It was over 6!
So the EP called in a prescription for vit. K. Two pills. Took one yesterday and will take the other today. I'm wondering if the sudden spike (last I checked I was in range!) is due to the IVF meds that I started on Wednesday. No one was ever able to tell me if it would have an effect on my INR. I had planned to check my INR just prior to starting the drugs, then checking again a couple of days later, just to see. However, I got distracted by the ICD incident, so I did not take it on Wednesday. And now the experiment would be useless, since I'm coming off of coumadin for the surgery.Also, Nathan came very close to taking me to the ER last night. He could not concentrate at work, so he came home early to be with me. Despite my hanging out in bed, he was by my side the whole night (he brought his lap top into the bedroom as well). Being the cardiac nurse he is, he began listening to my breathing, unbeknownst to me. He said my breathing was fast and shallow and it had him concerned. He made me get up and take my lasix a little early to see if that would help. It must have satisfied him enough because he didn't rush me off to the hospital. Hopefully the very low key weekend I've got mapped out will keep me from getting to the point that I need to be admitted prior to Monday. Though I must admit that between Nathan and Dr. Pearse worrying about my breathing I'm beginning to worry a tiny bit myself (but not enough to want to be in the hospital if I can help it!).
Quite frankly, I'm looking forward to Monday getting here so that I can start feeling better. I've had dark and gloomy thoughts for the last few days. Like: How I can expect to take care of a kid if I'm going to feel like this from time to time? How will I take care of a kid after surgery, of which I know I'll be having plenty more in the future? I also thought about the transplant everyone says is in my future. Is this how I'm going to have to feel while I wait for transplant? How am I going to do that? How will Nathan survive that? A few days is one thing. But months or years? These are not thoughts I want to be having. Right now I should be happy and bubbly over the upcoming transfer. This should be a happy time. Instead I've got this gloomy Eeyore cloud over my head.
I hope this weekend passes quickly! (I never thought I'd utter THAT sentence!)
