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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Beer. Yummy Beer.
Talked with Dad. Mom is ok. She is out of it due to meds and her heart deciding it needs to run marathons at random times but she said a quick hello. Actually what she said is "I don't want to talk but your Father is making me" which I took as hello. They are removing an instrument that they inserted into her yesterday to regulate her heart rate tomorrow morning. Hopefully all goes well and her heart stays at a normal pace. If it does they will move her out of ICU.
Thank you for the kind words and messages. It means a lot.
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It sounds as if they are doing what they need to do to find the most effective way to control her A fib, so I bet she'll be fine once they get it under control. My mother has been hospitalized with the same problem a couple of times, and the last time she was referred to an electrophysiologist (sp?) for follow-up to figure out what needed to be done. (Now remember my mother is 90, with a very damaged heart, so different circumstances than yours.) Anyway, there are lots of ways to treat it -- medicine to keep it slowed down (often beta blockers), defibrillation to "shock" it back into rhythm, ablation of the area causing the rhythm problem, or implanting a pacemaker. They had her wear a monitor at home for a week, and she had to transmit the data by phone every night. All she ended up needing was upping her beta blocker dosage and spreading it out through the day, and it worked perfectly. The other options are often used, too, particularly on someone a little younger and healthier than my mother. Lots of people are successfully treated for A fib, from what they told us, so keep your chin up and try not to worry too much (and try not to let her worry too much!) Keeping both of you in my thoughts...and coffee in my cup!