Miss Pam is facing POSSIBLE open heart surgery. I'm kind of rattled right now but I'll run it down for you as best I can.
During a recent check up her doctor decided to run an EKG per something she heard through her stethoscope. Wasn't happy with the results and sent her to a cardiologist for an echo cardiogram. That led to a chemical stress test. The diagnosis is two leaking heart valves. She is to have an angiogram (SP) where they will run a camera up into her heart and see what is going on and what the situation really is.
The doctor got real cagey at this point. May need a stint...or...or...open heart surgery may be required to fix the problem. No further details were given.
What I'm asking for here is some heavy prayers starting now so that we have a prayer of being able to avoid the open heart surgery. My sweetie has lived with this Fibro myalgia for years and it is bad enough. I don't think it's fair to burden her with open heart surgery on top of everything else.
We have both had cancer scares in the past and I even had a small one removed from my thyroid 3 years ago. But we are really sweating this one out. Trying to stay positive but when you are laying there at night staring at the ceiling and unable to go to sleep the doubt and worry have a way of slipping in there.
I'm counting on my S&W Forum family to help support her through prayer and positive thoughts. I love y'all and appreciate your help. I will of course update you after we get the results of the angiogram.
During a recent check up her doctor decided to run an EKG per something she heard through her stethoscope. Wasn't happy with the results and sent her to a cardiologist for an echo cardiogram. That led to a chemical stress test. The diagnosis is two leaking heart valves. She is to have an angiogram (SP) where they will run a camera up into her heart and see what is going on and what the situation really is.
The doctor got real cagey at this point. May need a stint...or...or...open heart surgery may be required to fix the problem. No further details were given.
What I'm asking for here is some heavy prayers starting now so that we have a prayer of being able to avoid the open heart surgery. My sweetie has lived with this Fibro myalgia for years and it is bad enough. I don't think it's fair to burden her with open heart surgery on top of everything else.
We have both had cancer scares in the past and I even had a small one removed from my thyroid 3 years ago. But we are really sweating this one out. Trying to stay positive but when you are laying there at night staring at the ceiling and unable to go to sleep the doubt and worry have a way of slipping in there.
I'm counting on my S&W Forum family to help support her through prayer and positive thoughts. I love y'all and appreciate your help. I will of course update you after we get the results of the angiogram.
