To begin, thanks so much for visiting. I promise future posts won't be nearly as long as this one is sure to be. We thought it might be helpful to keep people up to date with some recent developments in our little world. Today's post will hopefully begin to fill anyone interested in with the happs of the situation and what to expect moving forward. Bottom line... My heart is a little broken down and in need of some upgrades. I need to "pimp my ticker". I know, right, it's great news there's actually one in there...even if it is the size of a pea and hard as a rock! Really though, I have a bicuspid aortic valve, which is a very frequent and fixable heart defect. It's actually the most common type of heart defect, present in about 1-2% of the population. It's likely some of you have it, too. Most people live an entire lifetime never knowing they have it, or there is no need to do anything about it. Mine just happens to be causing s...
The girls and I are in the middle of our treatments in our hotel room. Just happy that we can start to tackle this problem that apparently we brought with us from Colorado. Yeah, we're those people! I spoke with Eric's ICU nurse and it seems like he will move out of the ICU this evening. Yay! His pain is managed with some additional meds and those blood gases are leveling out too. They are going to remove one of the two chest tubes, as well as the central line in his neck before being moved out of the ICU. We're all hopeful that this will make him feel more comfortable and not feel as much pain on his right side. Eric will be in the step-down unit for three to five days or more. More to come!
Eric had a pretty good night sleep wise. His potassium dropped significantly, so now that is in the mix with all his meds. Today will be more of getting him up and moving.
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