The heart procedure, ablation, they performed was wonderfully successful! It took about 3 1/2 hours -- time I have lost but am grateful not to remember. Spent one night in the hospital and went home to take it easy. By Saturday morning I was feeling really well. We took a short walk and then I rested the remainder of the day. Until .... A terrible pain in my leg that did not get any better took us to the ER where after several hours they performed an ultra sound to report that there was no blood clot - so grateful for that news, no aneurysm - more gratitude - but I did have a great deal of bleeding into my thigh muscle. Felt had been giving me injections of blood thinner - they sent us home from the hospital with that - real love and trust here. I was to discontinue that and take pain meds - yes it was that bad - and report to our Doc on Monday.
Now it gets interesting. Monday we went to see our doc and have a pro time test to find out my blood was near the middle of acceptable. The Internist took me off all blood thinners and sent me home to call the cardiologist - who immediately counter maned the first instruction and put me back on cumadin beginning tonight.
We feel somewhat like a pin ball in a pinball machine. And the bruise on my thigh is enormous and really deep purple. But today it no longer hurts as much and I feel pretty good. Sore but good.
So we will be obedient and begin taking the medication again tonight and see what happens. We trust both doctors but feel the need to go with the education of the one who spent 3 + hours inside my heart.
