Road to Recovery - God is Good

I think the title really says it all. Your prays have been heard not by me but by God, "For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them" (Matthew 18:20). I have no words to describe how much God has come through for me. I was given a second chance, not everyone gets that!

Every day I am in a better place both mentally and physically, today my blood work came in looking really good so they took out the big IV feeding tube in my neck and right now there are no fluids going into me other than what drink.

I am in a new ward here at St. Paul's Hospital where I am considered a self sufficient patient and can freely move around whenever I want to so I am longer trapped in my bed :)

Tomorrow the doctors get together and decide if I need a pacemaker/defibrillator now or later on, on Tuesday they hope to install it if I need it. I may be able to go home that evening if all goes well!

Road to Recovery - Was a Good Day!

Today was overall a very good day. I had a procedure done this morning called a Cardioversion which is basically an electric shock to the heart or you could call it a reset of the hearts electrical system and timings. I've already had two of these done in the past with no success, but this time my body was in a much better state to respond more positively as we removed about 15 pounds of water and the docs here at St. Paul's Hospital had adjusted the meds for my heart to work better.

it was a huge relief when I woke up to find out it had worked. Now my heart is beating around 40 beats per minute less! This is going to allow me to move on to the next stages of recovery much more quickly!

Road to Recovery - Taking a Bit of Time

In this Road to Recovery - Taking a Bit of Time video update, I talk a out a recent fall I had and go over where I am at in terms of how my heart is reacting to the surgery.This may not be my best news so far b sometimes you have to take a few steps back before you start making progress again.

Road to Recovery - Night Before Open Heart Surgery

So here I am the night before I head into Open Heart Surgery to replace my Aortic Valve and a portion the Artieria Root above it. Early on today it was looking like the operation was going to be postponed for at least another week but the team of doctors decided to go ahead with the Tueasday Morning Surgery as planned which I am happy for!

It was a bit of a roller coaster ride not knowing for much of the day what was going to happen and because of this I was not able to make the video since I was not sure what was going on until just recently.

Video not made yet I wanted to get the written post portion all ready to go so once the video is made I can quickly edit it and uplaod it and get everything linked before I go to bed tonight. So in other words I am not sure what I am going to say in the video so make sure to watch it to find out. Basically it will be my final thoughts and emotions the night before my life saving operation.

It will be a few days before I make another video but there may be some update info on my other social media platforms so make sure to stay up to date with how the operation went via Facebook and Instagram...