Nancy
Well-known member
Here's a little true cardiac humor.
Joe was talking to me the other day and I noticed that his lips were very blue. I got a little panicky because prior to his last mitral valve surgery 2 years ago, his lips and nails would get very blue and his skin tone would develop a bluish cast. Very scary.
He's scheduled for mitral valve surgery soon again, so this is something I look for.
I told him that he was going to take a little trip to the ER and I was going to call the cardiologist. Joe said he wasn't feeling any differently than he had felt all day. Didn't convince me though. But thought it was worth trying to see if it would wash off. After a little scrubbing, it did.
Boy was I happy! It turns out that he had had some M&Ms with the new blue coloring. Just the perfect cardiac blue on your lips.
And I thought I had it all together!
Nancy
Joe was talking to me the other day and I noticed that his lips were very blue. I got a little panicky because prior to his last mitral valve surgery 2 years ago, his lips and nails would get very blue and his skin tone would develop a bluish cast. Very scary.
He's scheduled for mitral valve surgery soon again, so this is something I look for.
I told him that he was going to take a little trip to the ER and I was going to call the cardiologist. Joe said he wasn't feeling any differently than he had felt all day. Didn't convince me though. But thought it was worth trying to see if it would wash off. After a little scrubbing, it did.
Boy was I happy! It turns out that he had had some M&Ms with the new blue coloring. Just the perfect cardiac blue on your lips.
And I thought I had it all together!
Nancy