This is from Dad's first day after his emergency operation. He's such a trooper!
FLUID RETENTION! This is Milan's biggest issue and it must be solved before he can fully recover. His chest x-rays look good, so his heart isn't building up fluid again. However, doctors will probably remove some fluid from his lungs today. It just keeps accumulating. They typically do a local anesthetic and use a long needle to draw out the fluid. Pray for his lungs to respond positively, his body to heal, and for the needle not to cause internal bleeding. That is the last thing he needs!
Pray for doctors as they have some important decisions to make: using a pace maker or using medicine to regulate Milan's heart beat. Like I mentioned before, his heart beats are so much more steady than before, but doctors don't want any arrhythmia. If his fluid retention problem stops, medicine is the more likely option. Unfortunately, his medicine could be contributing to his fluid problem. He is on a blood thinner called coumadin, which helps prevent strokes (strokes are a common concern with arrhythmia). If his fluid retention does not stop, a pace maker could monitor the arrhythmia and decrease the need for coumadin. See the vicious circle? Just pray the fluid stops all together.
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Milan, Kay, and Family,
Please know that we too are praying for Milan's recovery and for strength for the rest of you who are tired and weary.
Blessings, Paul and Nancy N.
Definition of Arrhythmia: An abnormal heart rhythm.
In an arrhythmia the heartbeats may be too slow, too rapid, too irregular, or too early. Rapid arrhythmias (greater than 100 beats per minute) are called tachycardias. Slow arrhythmias (slower than 60 beats per minute) are called bradycardias. Irregular heart rhythms are called fibrillations (as in atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation). When a single heartbeat occurs earlier than normal, it is called a premature contraction.
The term arrhythmia comes from the Greek a-, loss + rhythmos, rhythm = loss of rhythm.
Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
We continue to pray that the heart arrhythmia will be controlled; that there will be no more fluid retention and that the day will soon come when Milan will first walk, then run and then soar again. May the peace of the lord rest on all of the family.
Frank and Kenny
Kelly, I got up early to pray for your Dad. I am encouraged by all the Love that surrounds your Dad. Your Dad is special.
I only got to talk with him for a couple of minutes at a couples retreat at Mount Hermon in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He gave me some great advice on People Pleasers. I am headed for a prayer meeting at my church and your Dad will be at the top of the list. Thanks again for keeping us updated.
Milan,
I am sending you - and your entire family - love and prayers from Illinois. I can't believe all that you have had to go through. I am praying that you will be in the comfort of your own home soon and that until then, the love and support of your family will sustain you.
Lisa Voyen
Praying every day for you and family.
I've been praying for you and your family, but am finally posting. I imagine many are praying but haven't been posting as well..
May God bless you with an even greater intimacy during your time of "confinement". An interesting question for you might be: What can you do now, so that you will be able to look back and be really blessed when you think about how you spent this time?
I had my aortic valve replaced when I was 31, over 16 years ago. I've been on Warfaren Sodium (Coumadin) ever since. I started out thinking it would be unbearably restrictive, and a major annoyance to have to take something every day. As it turned out, I very rarely ever have to change my dosage. I get a blood test (INR) every 2-3 months and it's really no big deal for me at all. It turned out to be a very easy adjustment.
In response to an anonymous post from the 2nd: while a HR below 60 may be considered bradycardia, it is common for some athletes to have resting HRs in the 40s. I haven't exercised regularly for years, and my resting HR is still in the mid 50s, and it is not considered bradycardia.
Luk 8:46 But Jesus said, "Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me."
In His love,
Rob Leavitt
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