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Well she is home and a bit uncomfortable. Here is her view of things:
Day 2 - I have been really tired again today - sleeping on and off through most of it. A good friend brought me lunch of roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli/carrots. It was tasty!
I've answered some emails - watched some shows that I recorded from previous nights and just rested.
Overall I'm feeling ok - its the strangest thing though - my abdominal muscles are really really sore. I'm guessing spending so much time on my back and having it hurt so much maybe I was trying to take the strain off my back by using my abs. That's one way to get a heck of a workout eh?
I'll try to get on the computer tonight after the kids get home (so they can put it on my lap) or if my back is feeling better maybe sometime tomorrow.
In case some do not know, Kimber had heart surgery last Tuesday to close her PFO
... this reposted from Puffer's SB2 thread:
Originally Posted by Puffer Fish Kimber is having her heart repaired tomorrow afternoon.... Here is wishing her a speedy recovery. She will not be with a computer for a couple of days.
Originally Posted by PFO Princess Well here I am laying in my hospital room with a man behind the curtain to my right sawing logs like a lumberjack and a little lady diagnolly to my lefr who I saw briefly as they wheeled me in here. They have a nurse that stays in here 24/7 to make sure that when they remove the femoral venous and arteriar lines that you don't bleed out. After they remove them a constrictive band is place across the lower hips covering the site. gotta get my lines pulled out - more later
Originally Posted by Puffer Fish Just got this from Kimber: tekdivegirl@hotmail.com" to me show details 5:05 pm (13 minutes ago) I'm home - they released me about 10:30 this am - I was flat on my back with legs totally straight from 3:30pm yesterday afternoon until 7:00am - my back hurt dddddooooooo bad - came home exhausted napped still exhausted - going back to sleep - can't see straight - post this if you like! Kimber - PINK --- It's the New Black!!! http://www.thinkpinkscuba.com
Lets see ... Heart surgery at 4pm ... Home at 11am the next day! ... yep, thats gotta be Kimber
I believe she had the procedure which is actually done via a catheter inserted at the groin. It's not really heart "surgery", in the sense of having to open the chest. Thus the overnight stay in the hospital isn't quite that outlandish!
I believe she had the procedure which is actually done via a catheter inserted at the groin. It's not really heart "surgery", in the sense of having to open the chest. Thus the overnight stay in the hospital isn't quite that outlandish!
You are quite right, that is what was done .. but still .. pretty remarkable surgery/process at any rate
I believe she had the procedure which is actually done via a catheter inserted at the groin. It's not really heart "surgery", in the sense of having to open the chest. Thus the overnight stay in the hospital isn't quite that outlandish!
That would be correct... a bit more than your "lets go look and see what is there", or the putting a stint in.
There are still a lot of things that can go wrong, and fairly scary stuff.
I think the issue is still more about pretending to save money, than patent safety. Having had the catheter inserted at the groin fun, and had a "leaker" later, I'm not a big fan.
I just stumbled onto the think pink site and read some of Kimber's descriptions of her progress... blurry vision, slow, having to tell your body to do something before it cooperates.
Sounds like Kimber is recovering like the normal day to day functions of us men.
Keep at it Kimber... when that woman gene kicks in you won't know how to stop.
Kimber will be having a test soon to see if the surgery to close her PFO was successful.
She also visits the doctors regularly to have adjustments done to the Baclofen pump that was installed in her in a separate, more recent surgery, to administer a metered amount of that drug to her spine .. too soon to tell if any improvement
... keeping fingers, toes, and eyes () crossed for good luck
Last edited by D_B; February 18th, 2008 at 08:57 AM.
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