Well it's been almost 2 weeks since the last post, so I figured it was time for an update. I'm still doing well. I'm still having to have my blood checked 2 or 3 times a week, but it should start dropping off even more the next week or two (hopefully). I'm off my potassium (biggest pill I've ever seen in my life) and fluid pills so now all I'm taking is the beta blocker and my blood thinner. The beta blocker I'll probably be on for about 6 months, but it's have of a 50mg pill twice a day, so it's no big deal.
We had a small scare 2 Sunday nights ago. My heart started doing something called a PVC where it contracts early. It's kind of like having 2 beats in the time it would normally only beat once. We went to the ER and they told me I was okay and that I should just go see my doctor the next day. So the next day we went to Dr. Kerr and he called Dr. Pacifico and Dr. Pacifico said that it wasn't unusal for this to happen and that it should last no more than 6 or 8 weeks. So nothing to be worried about, unless you're the one with the heart doing the crazy click pattern that you can hear.
I got a card in the mail the other day from St. Jude. It's to carry around with me so that EMTs will know what they're dealing with should anything ever happen to me. Evidently they keep a "confidential" database of everyone in the country that's recieved one of their valves. Hopefully this "confidential" database never makes it onto a laptop that gets stolen or gets posted to the web accidently.
Probably the biggest news of the week; I'm going to go back to work tomorrow. I'll be 5 weeks post-op. I'm ready to go back. There's a lot to do and I'm ready to get going on it all. I'm only going to go half-days to start with. If that goes well for a week or two then I'll start back full time. I don't think DeAnne's ready for me to go back yet, but once I'm at work, she'll just start spending time doing stuff up at the school.
Let's see...anything else I've left out?...
I think that's about it for now. I can't think of anything else that's happened the last couple of weeks. We've just been relaxing. We usually get out once a day and go to the post office or Wal-Mart or the grocery store or something just to get out of the house for a little while. I'll try and post this weekend and let you all know how my first day back at work went. I imagine I'm going to be talking about the surgery a lot and just trying to catch up on all the news. Take care till next time.
--Paul
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment