Ahhh recovery

Tuesday's procedure couldn't have gone more perfect. The doctor was worried that he wouldn't find good heart tissue to place one of the leads for my atrium but he said he found a small island of good tissue and was able to attach the lead. He was also able to find a good spot in the ventricle for the other lead. I was back up to my recovery room in a few hours. I woke up hours later and my pacemaker was working great.

The next morning I had a chest x-ray and someone from the pacemaker company came and tested my pacemaker. This guy who came and tested it left the room pretty quickly to go look at my x-rays' and I could tell things weren't right. He went to go talk to my doctor and show him the results. Pretty quickly one of the nurses came in and took my food and drinks away. I immediately knew what that meant. I could tell on her face the disappointment and it was hard for her to tell me that I was not allowed to eat because I needed surgery. Soon my doctor was in the room and told me that the lead for my ventricle had moved 2 cm and they needed to go back in and fix it immediately. Within a half hour I was asleep on the table. My doctor fixed it and stitched me up nicely. I was worried that I could have moved my arm too much, but he said something else could have caused it to move. We had to stay an extra day in the hospital. But the next morning I had the same tests on my heart and the pacemaker looked good, and in the right spot.

I get to keep my left arm at my side in a "swath" for a month, which makes getting ready for the day interesting. Joe has been great and has helped every minute along the way. He is also working on his beautician skills. He is trying really hard, but I'm going to the salon to get it washed and styled today.

So everything turned out well and my heart is cooperating. The doctors have been able to give me large amounts of medication to make it so that my heart does not race. We couldn't do this before because I would just pass out. We are hoping that my heart will calm down from the back to back surgery and that in time I will need less medication and that I will be able to get off the unsafe medication for a baby.

Thanks for your prayers!!! So far everything has been good!

Tomorrow is the big day!!!

Tomorrow is the big day! Sunday I walked through my last metal detector! Yep bright and early Tuesday morning we go in and I am getting a pacemaker! Joe and I are hoping and praying that this will be the answer and that I will wake up with a heart that beats to the same rhythm as everyone else.

Please keep us in your prayers. Not only my heart but Joe seems to have picked up the flu and is pretty miserable. I am hoping that he will be well enough to be by my side tomorrow.

Goodbye old friend

Saturday was possibly the saddest day of my life and I am not exaggerating. I know 2 of my friends who had the same car and loved it, so I know I'm not crazy for being too attached. I sold my Audi and bought a new to me car.We found the car we wanted to buy and when it came to talking trade in value and everything for the Audi I completely lost control of my emotions and started bawling uncontrollably at the dealership. The dealer even suggested to us to take the new car for the night and come back in the morning. I told him I didn't want to drive that car and that I wanted to drive the Audi. We backed out of the deal because I was not ready to say goodbye to my car even though I could tell it was dying a fast death. A week later we came back to the same dealership and I felt more ready, until again it came to saying goodbye. The tears started pouring out and I could not be stopped. I honestly have never cried so hard in my life. Is it really possible to get attached to a piece of metal? Yes

It was in this car were I was able to bond with my Dad as he drove me to my friends places when I was young.

This Audi was my first big purchase ever.

Good memories galore here in the Audi.

And perhaps my favorite memory of all is the thoughtful first Christmas gift from Joe. At the time the Audi had only a tape player and Joe thought it was ridiculous. So for our first Christmas dating he got an awesome CD player installed. It even had a connection to be able to use my I-pod.

Joe did promise me that someday he would buy me a new Audi to make more memories in.

Just writing this post about my Audi is making me cry. I hope I made the right decision to sell.

RIP Audi A4, you will be missed.

His new t-shift

I love Joe. He is so competitive and athletic. He has had many goals at BYU. The greatest goal was achieved when he got married to me. The second thing on his list was to win an intramural championship. He has been close so many times. When he was recently returned from his mission, he was on an intramural Flag Football team with Jason Deelstra, Tyler Unsicker, Dave Kimball, John Gochnour, his brother Tom, and some others. They played in the highest division and did very well. This was back in the day when the Daily Universe ranked the top intramural teams in the Daily Universe every Wednesday. Joe and his buddies would hang out in the Wilk and talk with people and tell them that they played on an intramural flag football team, that they were in the highest division, and were undefeated. They would then invite these people to come watch them play. The team played very well but lost in the semi-final game of the tournament. He made it to the semi-final game 3 other times but never won it all. This year he signed up a team for co-ed basketball. Their team name was Brothers and Sisters because a lot of the members of the team were related to each other. There was Joe, his brothers John, Tom, and sister Cheri. Mike and Teresa Wayment, Casey and Savannah Wassom, Tara Amos, and Hanna Picard. They played well all season and tonight they became intramural champions. Part of winning the tournament is receiving the coveted Intramural Championship T-shirt, which Joe proudly now has. I'm sure he won't ever take it off and I might have to cut it off in his sleep at some point. Here are the Preston Brothers and Sister.
Here is the Team in their matching Championship T-shirts.
Way to go you guys!!!