Dr. Lui and Tara Drake (Dr. Lui’s assistant) came in after we got into our room here at Stanford to give us some information.\u00a0 Right now Angie’s heart is in fibrillation, which they can’t fix yet because of the fluid in her lung.\u00a0 Angie has taken a couple doses of diuretic today and has another tomorrow morning before her chest x-ray.\u00a0 If Dr. Lui feels it is helping enough, then that means Angie won’t need another chest tube.\u00a0 It would be great if they don’t have to drain her like they did last time.\u00a0 It is very important that they get this fluid off, but it is much better to get it out naturally (or at least medicinally).\u00a0 We’ll know mid-day tomorrow.<\/p>\n
As far as the arrhythmia, this is where things get complicated.\u00a0 Because it has been going on for so long (over 48 hours now), she’s at risk for a blood clot.\u00a0 That means they don’t want to get her out of arrhythmia until she’s been on a blood thinner and something to suppress the arrhythmias themselves.\u00a0 The drug they want to put her on is a drug that is very effective, but it also tends to have negative side-effects that they are concerned about.\u00a0 Dr. Lui said that these side effects generally are only problems when the drug is taken for a long time, as in years.\u00a0 He wants to only have her take it for a few months while they sort out her rhythm problems.<\/p>\n
It sounded like Dr. Lui wants to get the fluid problem fixed this week, send her home for a few weeks on the new medication and then have her back in 3 or 4 weeks to cardiovert her (shock her to stop the arrhythmia).\u00a0 Angie has had a cardioversion before, and they aren’t fun.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure they need her to have a functioning respiratory system before they want to do that.<\/p>\n
So, that is the current state of affairs.\u00a0 It looks like we’ve got a few weeks of challenges ahead of us.\u00a0 Please keep praying for us.<\/p>\n
Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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