[Magdalen] Rejoice with me
Judy Fleener
fleenerj at gmail.com
Thu Feb 9 13:38:29 UTC 2017
Bill has had some form of a fib for a long time. He now has a pace maker
and takes drugs. He plugs along as we both do. I do rejoice with you.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 8:12 AM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yesterday was the dreaded "cardioversion" procedure where I was going
> to be anesthetized and my heart was going to be shocked into a normal
> sinus rhythm.
>
> After full prep - hospital garb, IV port, 12-lead electrocardiogram
> lead placement and fancy ekg machine, it was found that my heart was
> already in a fully normal sinus rhythm - first time in >2 months?
> There's no way to shock normal back to normal, so I was released.
>
> However, my heart rate was 45 beats/minute. I now take 50% of one of
> my meds (the heart-slowdown one) and am on my own until the next
> cardiology appointment.
>
> Wow - I am still amazed and in awe of how well the heart tries to heal
> itself. What a muscle!
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Cady
> very, very grateful
>
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Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan
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