Dub
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Post by Dub on Oct 17, 2022 13:31:45 GMT -5
Up an atom. Chawing on some cereal. I will head to the hospital in a bit. Sue goes in for a simple heart procedure this morning. The Watchman procedure. Supposed to be very simple low risk thing. But they are poking around in her heart. So there's always that. Here's hopin' Marshall, you and Sue are in our prayers. I wasn’t familiar with the Watchman device and had to look it up. They say it’s “minimally invasive” but they’re implanting a device the size of a quarter permanently in her heart. That does seem worrisome. Having the procedure evidently means she is not a candidate for long term use of blood thinners. Please keep us updated.
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Post by coachdoc on Oct 17, 2022 14:08:28 GMT -5
I hadn’t heard of this procedure till today, but I little medical googling and it sounds safe and useful. Atrial arrhythmia isn’t. I’m pretty confident this will serve her well.
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Post by james on Oct 17, 2022 17:12:27 GMT -5
Was just a little bit achy yesterday, I think from either flu or COVID jab. Fine today.
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Post by jdd2 on Oct 17, 2022 17:56:08 GMT -5
A blonde boards a plane, flying economy...
Once the plane has taken off, and the seatbelt signs have turned off, she gets up, takes her stuff, and moves a few rows forward to an unoccupied first class seat.
One of the cabin crew approaches her, and politely says "excuse me madame, but you can't sit here. This is a first class seat, and you've only paid for an economy seat. I must kindly ask you to return to the seat you paid for."
She looks up at the attendant, and quite pompously announces "I'm young, I'm beautiful, I'm flying to Los Angeles, and I want to fly first class, so I'm not moving."
The attendant retreats, somewhat flustered. He speaks to the cabin chief, who approaches the woman and tells her the same thing: "madame, please return to the seat you bought."
The same response... "I'm young, I'm beautiful, I'm flying to Los Angeles, and I want to fly first class. I'm not moving."
The cabin chief speaks to the cockpit crew. The copilot smiles and says, "don't worry - I'm married to a blonde, I know how to speak to them." He calmly gets up and approaches the woman, asking her to move. Same response. Then he bends down and whispers something to her, whereupon she promptly gets up, takes her belongings, and returns to her original seat.
The cabin crew are stunned. The chief approaches the copilot and asks, "what the hell did you say to her?!"
"It's quite simple really. When she said she was flying to Los Angeles, I said: yes madame, but you see, first class isn't going to Los Angeles, only economy is."
Two blondes are walking through a forest and come upon some tracks.
"Those are deer tracks" says the first blonde.
"No, those are rabbit tracks" says the second blonde.
They kept arguing until the train hit them.
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Post by Marshall on Oct 17, 2022 18:41:13 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. It's been a long day. The procedure was the first one scheduled for the OR. . . . , except there were 2 cardiac Emergencies that arose and Sue was bumped to 11:30. It's supposed to be a 45 minute procedure, . . . , but 3 1/2 hrs later she rolled back to her room where I waited. Seems her heart pocket is an unusual size and the surgeon had to try a few different plugs to get one to fit. He was very happy with the result he said. It just took a long time.
Sue seems fine. Awake and alert and happy. They'll keep her overnight, because the whole process took so long, and she has to remain lying down for 4 hrs after the procedure.
A long day. I'm home now, but I'll stop back over there in about an hour to bring her whatever she wants.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Oct 17, 2022 18:52:27 GMT -5
A long day. I'm home now, but I'll stop back over there in about an hour to bring her whatever she wants. From memory, from my cardiac surgery 11-12 years ago, hospital food is horrid. Especially on the cardiac ward, with salt and fat restrictions. Just sayin… Mike
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