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Dec. 30th, 2025 06:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravena_kadeDad has been really board. He is down to 173 pounds. I could use that diet plan.
Dad when I went up to eat lunch with him he tells me that he has blood clots behind the eyes. A vascular doc comes in to ask question. The will try and schedule a special MRI (not a regular one as Dad has a pacemaker). This could rule out his candidacy for the LVad. At 2:30 the inserted the cardiac catheter.
When I came home a Doctor called. He sounded like he was 12 years old. His conversation led me to believe that Dad's numbers were so low that if he went home he would die. That Dad still had a lot of fluid around his heart and that he would need the catheter in for 4 or 5 days. I ended up having a panic attack while I was texting an out of state friend. I called DQ as I needed to un panic and she came over. Oh boy. I was too upset to sleep.
Today I go in and I see Dad for lunch. He said that they were taking out the Cath today and that once he had that MRI he could go home. Ummm... gee that's not what the young doctor said. I told him what was said.
I get a call at 2 asking if I could go back to Dad's room as a person from the LVad group was there. I go in and see that they did remove the catheter and a woman had an LVad machine out and was letting Dad play with it. She explained everything and showed hum how durable the device was. She ran through all the errors. She also said that if it stopped working Dad would not die as his heart still works, but just is very weak. Dad asked a ton of questions. They told him he could drive and go back to work after 8 to 10 weeks. Not sure what his choice will be.
Dad when I went up to eat lunch with him he tells me that he has blood clots behind the eyes. A vascular doc comes in to ask question. The will try and schedule a special MRI (not a regular one as Dad has a pacemaker). This could rule out his candidacy for the LVad. At 2:30 the inserted the cardiac catheter.
When I came home a Doctor called. He sounded like he was 12 years old. His conversation led me to believe that Dad's numbers were so low that if he went home he would die. That Dad still had a lot of fluid around his heart and that he would need the catheter in for 4 or 5 days. I ended up having a panic attack while I was texting an out of state friend. I called DQ as I needed to un panic and she came over. Oh boy. I was too upset to sleep.
Today I go in and I see Dad for lunch. He said that they were taking out the Cath today and that once he had that MRI he could go home. Ummm... gee that's not what the young doctor said. I told him what was said.
I get a call at 2 asking if I could go back to Dad's room as a person from the LVad group was there. I go in and see that they did remove the catheter and a woman had an LVad machine out and was letting Dad play with it. She explained everything and showed hum how durable the device was. She ran through all the errors. She also said that if it stopped working Dad would not die as his heart still works, but just is very weak. Dad asked a ton of questions. They told him he could drive and go back to work after 8 to 10 weeks. Not sure what his choice will be.
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Date: 2025-12-31 06:19 am (UTC)You and your dad are in my thoughts and prayers.
HUGS, Jon
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Date: 2025-12-31 10:59 am (UTC)