Spare A Thought Or Two For Marty?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Keeping good thoughts for your friend.

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Quasimodem, bless you for all the love you give to others.

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Well we had a hiccup again last night. The anesthesiologist came to see him to explain the procedure and told him that if he goes into ventricular defibrillation (v-fib), his heart may have to be shocked back into a normal rhythm, and that did it. He was going to check out this morning with some more meds to help him at home.

But this morning he changed his mind back and the cath is now under way. More than likely, he’ll be transferred to a larger facility in Rome, GA. afterward.

This whole thing has gotten on mine and Dondra’s last nerve, but the reason he didn’t want the procedure done was that several years ago, he watched as paramedics, did CPR on his 9 year old son, Joshua (Muscular Dystrophy) and they cracked the kids ribs so bad, that according to Marty, blood began gushing from Josh’s mouth and that made an impact on him.

I have been a little reluctant to post all that is going on with him, because someone here has termed my concerns as Nuernberger by Internet (or something like that), but y’all are my friends and the only ones I can talk to about this kind of stuff.

Thanks

Bill

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Anyone who thinks that about you has opinions not worth considering.

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Okay, he’s out of the cath lab, and here’s what was found:

  1. Arteries are clear, but

  2. They were off on the ejection fraction. It’s down to 10%

  3. He’ll be wearing a “Life Vest” (an external difibrillator which monitors the heart and is designed to prevent a sudden cardiac arrest). We’re told that out of 10 people who wear the vest, 3 survive.

  4. The other option is an internal defibrillator which does essentially the same thing, but delivers a shock to the heart internally to prevent cardiac arrest due to v-fib.

  5. Last but not least is a heart transplant.

Since when I was working, my main area of concentration were the lungs and what part of the heart supplies them with O2 (IANAD) and recognizing arrythmias. I feel like I am now out of my league, and will just make sure he’s cared for.

This is what we know, but we are glad to know it, since he’s living with a severely compromised heart. We hope the additional meds will help to keep his heart as healthy as possible.

This is where I ask you again to pray, send good vibes or thoughts or whatever to keep this friend, this “second son” of ours alive as long as possible.

Thanks

Bill

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And thank you, Zoe.

Bill

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Hi Bill,

As you know I’m a lurker and read your posts regularly both here and on your blog.

Thank you so much for keeping me updated on dear Marty and all that you and Dondra are doing for Marty even if he is being a pain in the arse, lol.

I didn’t no what a LifeVest wearable cardioverter defibrillator was so I looked it up and this video explains it pretty well:

Please be sure that you and Dondra take care of yourselves while trying to care for Marty.

Hugs, Becks