Well, I visited Lynn this morning, and got some answers to some questions that we have had (and some that some of you readers have asked us about). thos follow at the end of this post for those who wish to know us a bit better.
Today, I stayed away so she could sleep. She did. YAY! She is no longer on an IV drip, but the IV is still there if needed. Our fave woman has been getting up and walking all over the place, and has expressed a hankering for: 1. cheese quesadilla, 2. buttered popcorn, 3. bbq wings. I have 2 and 3 and will bring them in. I am horrible at quesadillas, tho.
Now, for the backward step: they want to keep her til Monday. turns out she has some edema after being on her back for 2 weeks. they want to see that improve before sending her home.
Here is to Lynn coming home Sunday or Monday.
Now, the questions:
1. Is the pacemaker/defib unit functioning? Yes! Its great! Doing marvelous!
2. Did she need a pacemaker all along? Nope, but not that its there, its doing a great job picking up the slack, so to speak. It wasn't medically *necessary* until the unpleasantness, but now that its there, why not let it do its work?
3. What sort of restrictions will Lynn have? Er...perhaps no tennis. For the first 6 months, she is to lift nothing greater than a soup-can. The unit can handle the stress, the connections inside may not like being shifted. No Driving. (OUCH--JJ). If more unpleasantness surfaces, and the defib has to do its job, she would be a danger to herself and everyone around her. She might want to give up that golf for a while (lynn+golf???? yeah...maybe in another lifetime). I suppose skeet is out too. Oh, well. I can at least take her on picnics when I go skeet shooting.
4. What sort of rehab? Walking. Walking. More walking. After 6 weeks, maybe some fast walking, and light hills. After 4 months or so, no lifting, but most excercise of aerobic nature is fine.
5. work: huh...this is slightly more problematic. She is more or less ineligable for traditional employment, given the *variant* nature of variant angina. There is some thought that she might qualify for SSDI. She will be cutting out some of her work (mostly by attrition--a bunch of her clients are not running for political office any longer). Ending a few long-standing gambles that haven't paid off, selling some of the domains she has held onto for years (anyone wanna buy a domain?) and referring work to other designers. This site as well as OMI won't be going anywhere.
6. She will be on drugs that make her a bit anxious. There isn't any alternative to them, unfortunatly. So no one out there make her watch a suspenseful movie!
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