I Heart Hearts

Mom and I decided to take a walk down to the gift shop today. They sell organs there, stuffed ones! If only it were that easy to just walk into a store a buy the organ you needed. Maybe someday medical myth will one day become reality. The gift shop had many interesting things to entertain the mind. They had Ninjabread Men!  Who knew they even existed!

Doctors came in today to discuss the occlusions. They are leaning toward not fixing them. They explained in by telling us that most arteries are pliable, like a garden hose. Dad's is as pliable as a lead pipe due to the calcification and the stent within the stent. They do not want to risk having an arterial bleed during the LVAD surgery. Everything else looks just right and they do not want to chance it. They did say if they got in and it looked like an easier fix than they thought they may go ahead and do it but they feel that even if it was 100% occluded that, that artery is not going to play a role in helping his heart. This particular artery is feeding the part of his heart that has already succumb to the disease and is no longer viable. So all in all I think they will avoid the bypass which means no leg pain in addition to everything else Dad will have to heal from. 

Tracy came to visit tonight and Mom and I decided to ride home with her to get some sleep at home tonight. It's been a bunch of restless nights in a row. We thought maybe one good night sleep would be good. We are scheduled for LVAD class tomorrow and I know I would not be able to stay awake for a class if I didn't sleep at all the night before.  So we are home for a few hours and then back again in the morning.  

Dad still continues to baffle them in how good he is doing. They just are amazed that someone with his heart function does as well as he does. We walked the hallways today twice for a half hour each time. The only reason he stopped was because lunch came! 

Tomorrow brings the final eco cardiogram before surgery. Hopefully this week will go by fast and we can move onto recovery faster! Thanks again everyone for all the well wishes, prayers, calls, e-mails, blog comments and visits. We really appreciate it.

I bid you adieu with a wave from the Queen :)