Dan, sweet Dan

Bear with me, I'll do my best to explain the latest news. 😌

Dan just spent a couple days at the Ann Arbor VA Hospital. He went for a cardiac ablation, this is due to Ischemic cardiomyopathy and frequent PVCs.  They also did a programmed stimulation to determine if Dan would need an ICD  (permantly implanted defibrillator) in the future.  Well, it turned out that for some reason there were no PVCs when they prepared to do the ablation! So, of course they couldn't do the ablation. They went on and did the stimulation testing. This testing proved he urgently needed the ICD. The doctor spoke to Dan prior to this and Dan already agreed to ICD, if it was needed. The doctor came out and spoke to me before they performed the surgery.  He explained this device was needed to prevent death if Dan were to have a cardiac episode, that is it's main purpose.  There are follow up appointments and other treatment plans, will be made for his original issues.  

Dan is home now and doing well. He is sore from the surgery and has to take it easy for a bit. We are both learning about this and writing this post is helping me get things down with links for explanations.

Here is the fascinating thing about what happened.  IF Dan had had the ablation, he would be on blood thinners for a while afterwards. And the ICD surgery, that would have to wait! 

The doctors, nurses were amazed, they said it is very unusual for things to happen this way.  

As one of my close friends said, "Sounds like the Lord was watching over him again by getting him this surgery in place of the other."  

Thank God, for watching over my sweet Dan!

Be blessed

Hold your loved ones close. 

xoxo