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His A-fib is cleared up right now. It has held steady for a few hours and his Cardio Version that was supposed to be at 1400 was cancelled. :) He couldn't even tell his heartrate was fast. The times he thought it was fast and asked what his heartrate was it was far less than it had been. LOL...

Thank you, this was definitely not his problem. ;) Things are looking up. He was scheduled for a TEE at 1400 today, with a Cardio Version to follow, but the A-fib suddenly cleared up!!!! His heartrate has been pretty steady at right around 80, rather than the 140 it had been at, he is...

Yes, but when you get your health insurance through work in the US you may as well pay a higher tax rate. I pay like $370 every 2 weeks for my work sponsored health insurance. I did buy the most expensive plan though, knowing hubby would most likely need surgery this year. It can be argued that...

I imagine there are people who prefer it that way. They don't want people to see them at their most vulnerable.

I know you posted this years ago, but tonight, sitting in ICU with my husband recovering from his heart surgery I am enriched. I just had a long interesting discussion with his nurse on cognitive issues post surgery and some of the things I just read and I'm trying to figure out if I can feel my...

People don't want to think critically though. It forces them to face their cognitive distortions and challenges their long held beliefs.

From what I read if you are spitting up blood while on warfarin you should immediately see your doctor. Since your doctor is a moron, I second, or third, the trip to the ER. If you weren't on the anti-coagulant it wouldn't be emergent, but because you are... Well, the risk is too great. As they...

Me just being here means the world to him. I am so sad for those here in the cardiac ICU with no people. I can't imagine how lonely and scary that must be.

He is actually on the Amiodarone right now. It brought his heart rate down to around 120 instead of the 140 it was mostly staying at. So the nurse just told me that while in ICU they aim for walking 1 time per day, not more. They have them sit in a chair to help with lung position, but he only...

My husband found out he had BAV this year, and got his heart valve replaced and aneurysm repaired Monday, at age 51. ;) How did you get diagnosed? My husband has always had a murmur, but they said it was probably due to his pectus excavatum (sunken chest) and never investigated beyond that. He...

He doesn't seem nearly as motivated today. He seems like he's feeling depressed. *sigh*

Ugh. He only spent 3 hours in the chair before he complained about his butt being sore and he has only walked twice total. Once yesterday and once today. :(

Yes, he has tachycardia. Heartrate is pretty consistently over 120. It's been going between 85 and around 145, mostly between 120-140. One side of his heart was mildy dilated and he had a little bit of septal hypertrophy, but there most of the parameters on his echo stated normal size. I do...

Yes, it is A-fib, and not really calming down so they have decided to do a TEE and cardioversion tomorrow. So not getting out of ICU anytime soon. They put him on Lasik and now insulin because his sugar wasn't normalizing. Plus another medication to slow his heart rate, and some other one that I...

My hubby's heartrate is all over the place and they are saying if they can't get it under control they might shock him to try to get it to go to normal. Is this something that could cause him to have to also get a pacemaker if it doesn't clear up on it's own, or is it common to have issues...

He JUST got food. Over 24 hours after surgery, and it is liquid for now. But he enjoyed it. He got sorbet. ;) My husband only said no videos posted on facebook, but he wanted a picture directly out of surgery so I took that. Then he ASKED me to take a pic while he was still half out of it. I...

I got a good hour of sleep this morning amazingly and had a burst of energy for hubbies walk around a small section of the ICU. :) He got tired, but he did great! They finally gave him the pain pump, so he is doing so much better. YAY! It was so difficult watching him come out of anesthesia and...

Look at your policy summary for your insurance. I was looking at mine and it says they make a cost/benefit analysis. I think you can also appeal the decision on the durable medical equipment. So if a good presentation is made with a break down of the costs maybe they would go for it? I can argue...

Nice! Hopefully hubs will go to a normal recovery room tonight. He just took his first walk. He still has a bit of fluid drainage from the chest tubes. He finally got a PCA so can push the button and control his pain relief it took about two hours and then he seemed to have gotten ahead of it...

Do you work downtown? I work down fannin a bit near the stadium.