No big news today Amanda’s doing good still in pain though. Yesterday we tried cutting one of the pain meds down to 1 pill instead of 2 but that just didn’t end up working. I ended up giving her 1 and a half for today. She seems to do better on that for now.Our primary…

Amanda is doing much better today. She’s still weak though, still needing help up and down. Today I had to wean her, she needs to be doing a little more so she can build her strength back up. That hasn’t made me very popular today! The last few times she got in and out of…

Just before our food came I changed the bandage on Amanda’s chest tube incision. It was pretty painful for her the tape was stuck to her skin. She is allergic to most adhesives, it tends to leave small blister on her skin. This is that much worse when one bandage comes off and right back…

Just before we started our discharge we had a new friend stop by to see us. Week before last I l rolled out to Houston with supplies for hurricane Harvey victims. Pastor YJ, a friend Ron, and myself went. We also brought tools and stayed a couple of days to mud out houses. Some would…

For those of you that read the last post just after it was loaded, I’m sorry. I was in a hurry didn’t proof read and autocorrect killed me! Dr. Nair never did drop by last night. When we first began to see him we started off not liking him very much. Not very very good…

Last night went well. They gave Amanda the Dilaudid around 10 or so, she was chatterbox again then lights out. Surprisingly they left us alone from 10 until 4 when Amanda needed pain medicine. They have the toradol on 4 times a day not every 6 hours. So she is scheduled to get that at 9am,…

Early morning visit  I rolled out of bed and straight to the hospital this morning. Pulled up to the front entrance, parked first out in the drop off lane, figured I was dropping off yall’s love so I’d be good. Then straight to the recovery area hallway till it was time to go back. Hospitals…

In surgery now She went back about 45 minutes ago. Surgery should take 3-4 hours possibly longer. The intake nurse had a hard time getting an IV in place. This is nothing uncommon to us. Amanda is one that most nurses dread when it comes to IVs. Her veins like to show up then hide…

Amanda’s surgery will be to repair her tricuspid valve. This valve is in the right side of the heart and separates the right atrium and the right ventricle. The valve keeps blood from flowing back into the right atrium. Amanda’s valve has what they call severe regurgitation. This is where the valve doesn’t close completely…

Amanda’s surgeon, Dr Lamelas, from Miami, is a recent addition to the Texas Heart Institute at St Luke’s/Baylor in Houston. Newly added as the chief of cardiac surgery. He has pioneered minimally invasive valve repair surgery techniques. We met this surgeon for the first time today. All of the consult was done by phone and…