Tomorrow will be ten weeks since Evie had aortic valve replacement surgery.
The surgery went very well but other issues began to present her first day home from the hospital.
She began to experience an irregular heartbeat in ways that I still don't understand. Often her heartbeat was in the 90s but her pulse about half that.
As I say, I don't understand.
I know many of you have been seeking updates on her progress but the whole situation has been so uncertain that I...believe it or not...was at a loss for words.
Throughout, the doctors have been saying that this condition is not life threatening. And, we've chosen to believe that.
One problem that seems to be a part of the irregular heartbeat issue is that she lost a lot of blood during surgery and she became very anemic.
Our GP recommended a form of iron we'd not heard of...and was hard to get at a local drug store. She finally found it in the recommended dose on Amazon and has been taking it for about a month.
The iron supplement seems to have made the difference, though we may never know for certain.
For nearly two weeks now, her heart has rarely been out of rhythm and her energy level is rising.
She's returned, on a limited schedule, to her part-time job and is holding her own.
At this point, the only meaningful restriction on her is that she won't be able to walk Laddie for another two weeks. I can't tell you how anxious I am for that day to come!
Thank you all for your prayers.
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