And the last to fall, fell hardest of them all
As you all know, my blood test numbers were horrible at the height of my illness. Nearly every number in the danger zone. But, as the fluid came off, the numbers fell back into the normal range. As of 8 weeks ago every number was perfect, except for one...
Because of all the extra pressure on my heart, the doctors feared permanent damage. They are able to do a blood test that shows the current heart failure numbers. The normal range for this is 1-100. At my sickest my number was 4000. Which is why they all thought I was at deaths door.
A month after I was home this number came down to 2500. So we feared permanent damage.
But alas, as so often has happened in my happy little tale, something wonderful has occurred...
Today my current heart failure number is 15. That's no typo! One-Five! Everyone is shocked, especially me! My doctors are thrilled.
The other interesting news is that my heart -- which is in a permanent irregular beat -- has had 2 short episodes of converting back to normal for about 4-6 minutes. Dare I dream this too will come back to normal?!
Because of all the extra pressure on my heart, the doctors feared permanent damage. They are able to do a blood test that shows the current heart failure numbers. The normal range for this is 1-100. At my sickest my number was 4000. Which is why they all thought I was at deaths door.
A month after I was home this number came down to 2500. So we feared permanent damage.
But alas, as so often has happened in my happy little tale, something wonderful has occurred...
Today my current heart failure number is 15. That's no typo! One-Five! Everyone is shocked, especially me! My doctors are thrilled.
The other interesting news is that my heart -- which is in a permanent irregular beat -- has had 2 short episodes of converting back to normal for about 4-6 minutes. Dare I dream this too will come back to normal?!