Honey...I'm Home

Hey Everyone I am home from the hospital. In the 5 days I was there we got a lot done...
Here is a list:
♥ Stopped Toprol (beta-blocker, heart medication)
♥ Started Verapimil (calcium-blocker, heart medication)
♥ Turned on Pacemaker, therefore increasing heart rate and blood pressure
♥ Re-hydrated
♥ Stopped Ranolizine (heart medication)

Here is a list of what I need to do at the doctors tomorrow:
♥ Discuss increasing Verapimil dose
♥ Get Vision referral
♥ Get Physical Therapy referral
♥ Ask for nausea prescription for when needed
♥ Ask for arm blood pressure cuff prescription
♥ Find out about disability paper work for Federal Jobs

What I need to do outside of the doctor:
♥ Call to get my Psych appointment for a medication check
♥ Find out about partial disability that allows me to work part time.


So much to do...ahh!!

pacemaker

So here is a quick update from my little pow wow with the docs this morning.
They have decided to turn on my pace maker to pace my heart all the time. They say that it will help get me onto the new meds because my heart rate will be higher so I will have a better chance of tolerating the medication. They are only pacing the atrium (the top half) and then letting the ventricles (the bottom half) follow along. They werent sure if my heart would do it properly but it did which is good. Pacing the ventricles too much can lead to heart failure or other problems quicker.
It gave me a headache and made me feel weird at first but now I can't tell which is really good.
They did not have to give me a transfusion which they mentioned yesterday because my blood counts were only low because of all the fluid they put in me. However they did have to give me some magnesium because my 3am blood work showed that my magnesium and protein were low. They just came in and pulled more blood so hopefully it will be good now.
They also want me to start moving around more and walking around the nurses area and what not. That makes me really nervous because just walking to the bathroom is hard. I get really dizzy and feel really weak sometimes. I also get really short of breath. Hopefully with my heart rate going a little faster that will help.
I dont know when I am going home but probably in the next day or so as long as I start feeling better. They said I looked better which is good but I am not feeling much better. I am still hurting a lot. I feel like my heart is like the size of a basketball trying to fit into an orange. It is soo tight. It is tight always but when they give me pain meds it helps easy the pain that comes with the tightness and pressure.
I will update again later. time to doze :)

PCU ward of NMCP

So here I am again, my "home away from home". I am in the Progressive Care Unit at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.
I came in yesterday with severe chest pain and dizziness. It has been a crappy two days but I am still alive, that is the most important part. We don't know why I am having such bad dizzy spells but we are hoping they just go away. I was in the process of changing heart medications so I am on very low dosages which could in the end be par tof the problem. They have decided to switch the medicines faster since I am being monitored and don't have to go to the clinic every few days before I change the medications more. It is such a mess but hopefully it will all work out.
Please keep up they prayers. They are definitely needed.

Thank you and good night :)

Slowly Getting Better

So my year has gotten somewhat better. I am still dealing with a complete bitch at work and depending on how monday goes I may be saying it is me or her, HOPEFULLY it will be me and she will be gone and then everyone will be happy again. Besides her work hasnt been too bad. I have been super busy but I am caught up so I don't feel bad taking it easy anymore. I had a lot to clean up and get organized....it only took 3 1/2 weeks....but I am done! Now i just have to keep up and everything will be fine and dandy.
This with Dan have been awesome. We have been spending a lot of time together and went out on a date the other night. We went and say Marley and Me. It was very cute :) the end did make me get tears in my eyes which did overflow but I did not cry outright. However the girl a few seats over was sobbing and i think her boyfriend was asleep.LOL!
Last night we had Dill (who is living with us) James(Godwin), Jeremy, Esmie and baby Jayden over for dinner. It was a lot of fun and I got to spend tons of time with Jayden. I have now really seen him awake. I saw him awake a little last weekend when we drove up to Fredricksburg for the day, but last night was just so much fun. I got to feed him and just chill with him :).
Now last weekend we went to Fredricksburg to get something from Esmie's moms house while she was up there visiting. It was a nice day just chillin in the car, I slept a little and talked with Jeremy and Dan a lot which was nice. Joel and Sam also came down which was nice. The night they got here was Friday January 2nd and I was having an awful afternoon. But on Saturday morning I went out with Sam and we got mani,pedis and our eye brows done. Now that was a morning of firsts. I have never let anyone outside my family touch my feet and let me tell you I would go every day if I could now. The chair that you sit in is a huge massaging chair and it was heaven. I want one of those chairs for myself :) Then Sam was getting her eye brows done and i decided to be brave and get mine done too.. While it didnt hurt then they were a little sore a couple days later and i had a lot of little bumps like wanna be zits or ingrown hairs, but those are all gone now :) I also started using that Neutrogina wave which is awesome. I use it in the morning and it makes my face tingle, especially the first time. Then with the cold my face as been so dry from the heater running so i started using neutrogina mosturizer and now my face feels btter.. :)

anyways I will post some pictures from last night a little later (and pictures of the deer in the backyard) But for now im going to bug dan so that we can do somethign so i don't fall asleep sitting her eon the couch. He is reading New Moon from the Twilight series and I cant get him away from it this mroning :(

Have a good day!

i hate 2009

yup so i officially hate 2009.. lets see how much worse it is going to treat me.. at this rate id be better off dead by the end of the weekend. Then at least i wont be so miserable.