Thanks for all your prayers and concern. You don't know how much it is appreciated. I am happy to report that Dean's heart went back into the right rhythm last night at 6:30. It has stayed there since. He is on some medication and will taper off of it for the next month. The condition is called A-Fib (for atrial fibrillation.) "Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is a cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) that involves the two upper chambers (atria) of the heart. It can often be identified by taking a pulse and observing that the heartbeats don't occur at regular intervals, but a conclusive indication of AF is the absence of P waves on an electrocardiogram (ECG). AF is the most common arrhythmia."
Being in a-fib isn't the worst problem to have and can usually be treated in one way or another. Some people have it for years and some don't know they have it. Anyway, we were happy to go home with it "in sink" and hopefully it will stay that way. The doctor is very hopeful that it will.
The mechanical valve is working beautifully, and if you put your ear near his chest you can hear it clicking. It's a wonderful sound. They replaced a section of the aorta with some tubing made of Dacron. We are so grateful for the expertise of the medical profession and equipment. We are also grateful to Heavenly Father for inspiring this knowledge and for His watchful care over Dean. We are thankful to be home and "on the mend." I will take off the rest of this week and Dean will be home for six weeks--when we visit the surgeon and he gives his O.K. Thanks again to everyone for you love and prayers. We love you all. LaRita
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Larita and Dean-
we are so glad that you are home and everything is going well. thanks for posting. we love you and hope that everything keeps on going well
We are SO glad to hear that Dean's heart went into rhythm!! We love you both, and will continue to pray that everything will keep healing and getting better every day!
Love you guys! Can't wait to come visit!
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