Journey to receiving a LVAD HeartMate iii pump.... while traveling, Larry had 3 heart attacks, this is my story of how he survived and was able to get home and receive his Left Ventricle Assist Device... I am his wife, and there were many moments I thought he would not live. I began writing this as a way to update our family and friends... Larry has begun making his own posts.... another step to our new normal lifestyle....

Wednesday, June 7, 2017
INR scare over..
INR check this morning was much better, back up into normal parameters..... Larry did have to take 4 injections of a fast acting blood thinner to get him back unto range.... 2-3 is acceptable, lower than 2 gets into blood clot scare, over 3 gets into internal bleed scares..... this is why we watch his Vitamin K intake..... i dont know what happened on that... i try to monitor this very carefully.
havent heard anything from the PFT, Pulmonary Function Test..... but that was at 8 am this morning.... we both took a nap when we came home... just one more thing left today... dentist for me... doesnt seem like a lot, but for now it is...
When we leave home, we take his rolling bag..... even if it is a quick trip to the store, we go, it goes. it is beginning to become a habit.... I was getting it each time, now Larry is packing it and getting it ready......
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Yeah! Great news!
ReplyDeleteWhoopie!
ReplyDeleteWow, 66, such an old man.
YOUNGSTER!