After coming within 45 hrs of dieing ...the Doc said that if she had stayed in bed when it started ... and just rested ... in hopes that she would feel better ... there would have been no hope for her after 48 hours. The upper part of her heart was in fibrillation (A-Fib) ... wild micro-vibrations without actually pumping (much). Just kind of quivering.
After 48 hrs it would have built up bad clots and you die of a coronary thrombosis (not related to a trombone -- a family humor trait -- stop groaning now ...).
HOWEVER, since we got her there fairly quickly ... the meds and Doc were able to stabilize her heart beat back to normal (after 17 hrs).
She's thrilled to be back home again ... sends thanks to Katrina for the lovely flowers ... to the grandkids for "Teddy" the bear ... had to go shop for more food at WalMart (after realizing we'd bought almost nothing on her list that was still on the dining table ...
Almost normal again ... which means she wants to know when I'm finally going to take out the garbage ...
:0) "Yes, Dear ... "
2 comments:
glad she is doing better.
wow! after not getting online for a wk or so all this happens. glad to hear arline is feeling better. take care.
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