Don’t feel pressurised into doing anything at all **NotherYinzer **- except taking care of yourself, okay?
I hope your husband is continuing to improve!
Yes, please elaborate. This sounds like wonderful news. I do hope it’s the case.
Cardiac arrest is terrifying because the chances of survival are so low without immediate care. I’m so glad he was somewhere that he could get that immediate care.
I love the idea of going in to talk to his class. I’ll see if they’ll let me.
Yes, he’s fine. Awake, alert and on solid foods. His respirator is out and he is even able to sit in a chair. Its really like he took a nap and we woke him up. Tomorrow he gets a heart catheterization to see if they can figure out what happened.
Amen!! Prayers up for both Jim and you.
GREAT news about Jim!! Thank you for posting the update. Now, please, take some time for yourself - let your body destress and your mind relax for a bit. Again wonderful news - so glad he beat the odds.
This will teach me not to read all the way through the thread before posting.
Oh this is wonderful!!!
Now you know, don’t you, that there still will be a lot of stress? Please get enough sleep for yourself, and eat right. Sounds silly, by your body will need all the help it can get.
What wonderful news! I’m so happy to hear it.
Wonderful news! If you do have the time and energy, it would be wonderful even to let the nursing school know what a great prognosis he has. They all know what the odds are, and they’ll be overjoyed (just like we are)!
Wow, that is truly amazing. I have to admit that when I read your first few posts I did not expect things would turn out this well for him. I was hoping that he would manage to survive (even though more people die from cardiac arrests than survive), but I expected that he would probably have a long recovery from the neurological damage that people usually have in this situation. I am really glad that it turns out that he managed to beat the odds in such an incredible way!
I definitely think that the nursing students will be blown away once they find out that not only did they save his life, but he is doing SO well!
In their careers, they will most likely perform CPR in many cases where it will end up being totally futile - so hearing that this was a case where they DID truly save someone will mean a lot to them, and probably be something they will ALWAYS remember throughout their career/life.
This is a really remarkable story. Please keep us all posted.
Take care of yourself. He will need you to be sane and healthy.
I am gratified that the outcome seems so benign.
Best of wishes to you and your loved ones.
Holy shit, this is an excellent update.
Even better update: Jim is out of CCU! Yesterday he walked 2 laps around the ward. He has had CAT scans, Xrays, an MRI, a heart catheterization and is getting a TEE test today. Every test comes back clear. They have no idea what caused his illness. This is looking like a case for Dr House.
Fantastic news! 
It’s gonna be lupus. 
It’s never lupus!
A slight misquote from Monty Python seems called for:
Peasant: She killed me!
(met by disbelieving stares)
Peasant (defiantly): I got better!
:).
The cardiologist told us that Jim has been experiencing both brady- and tachycardia. (He’s an overachiever.) She (the doctor) has suggested implanting an Implantable cardioverter defibrillator or ICD. If we’re lucky, she can do the procedure tomorrow and he’ll be home by the weekend. Otherwise, he’ll have to wait a day or two and won’t be home before Monday. Lucky me, I’ll have a bionic husband.
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink!
Brady and tachy. So his heartbeat averages out to something perfectly normal. It’s good for an accountant or a statistician, but nooooooo, your husband has to be picky. :rolleyes: ;).
I’m glad they’re not booting him out before that’s dealt with though!!