It's good to be HOME!
Monday, April 7, 2008 at 02:18PM Boy! Is it ever good to be home!
I got home today around lunchtime and, other than feeling a little tired, I feel great.
I've got good news and "bad" news. My arrhythmias were not cooperative on Friday, so I had the EP Study as planned but they were unable to ablate the area that is causing my major problem--PVCs (premature ventricular beats). Normally, I have them everyday all day long, especially when I am nervous, but on Friday they were less frequent and much less organized than usual, so after 4 hours of trying, they aborted the ablation.
It wasn't for lack of trying! Since my heart was all wired up, they were able to pace it every which way (talk about a strange sensation, that!) but that didn't work. I even did lateral curls lying on the table, holding two pound bags of saline solution in each hand, but to no avail. Friday was just not my day for ablation. The doc said that happens sometimes and often with PVCs. Sigh. I must admit that I was very disappointed at first and silent tears were trickling into my ears while I was in the recovery room, but as I believe with all my heart that God is sovereign in all things and He does all things according to the good pleasure of His will, I believe that HIS will was done that day.
The GOOD thing is that the medicine has me in sinus rhythm! The drug I am on now is called sotalol and has to be "loaded" in the hospital over a period of three days, with frequent EKG's, blood draws, and vitals taken at regular intervals. (Yes, I am a pin cushion!) I would have come home on this medication for the other arrhythmias even if the PVC's had been ablated, so this is not a "plan B" choice. I am tolerating the medication well and was able to come home on the lowest dose.
I'll be taking it a little easy for the rest of this week but the few restrictions I've come home with are lifted on Friday, so I'm looking foward to seeing how this goes! I feel great so far!
THANK YOU for all your kind notes and especially for the prayers!
God is good!
Reader Comments (22)
Hi Kim--so glad you are home. How good to hear your testimony of faith in the goodness of our sovereign God who does all things well!
P.S. I got my Lux Venit bookmarklet and I love it! You are so talented!
What a testimony Kim! Continually praying for you.