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Team Work
This stomach issues had the doctors stumped. As they are leaning toward doing surgery and risking his life again, I made my voice heard and that Joe really needed to get up and moving to wake things up. The first time he had stomach surgery he was encouraged to walk to make sure everything stayed…
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THIRTY DAYS
A our journey with this new LVAD device began on that day in September, we really had no clue where it was going to take us, how long it would take or the true dedication we were about to face. And so it began, the next THIRTY DAYS definitely put us to the test. We…
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The Shock
Did I do the right thing, did I just agree to SHOCK my husband’s heart? I’m second guessing my decision. I hated this. The doctors said it needed to be done and it’s not uncommon. Well, nothing my husband has been through is common. We still don’t know if he had a stroke, he still…
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Five Days
I tossed and turned all night, I wanted to pick up the phone and check on him, I wanted to just go back to the hospital, I knew I needed to rest but it was impossible. I called the nurse early in the morning to check on him. Joe was still stable and resting. The…
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Fear
It was like I wasn’t even present in the waiting room. FEAR had over come me and as we waited to go back to the ICU room I had no idea what was in store for us. It seemed like forever and we finally got the okay to go back. As Jaime and I walked…
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Waiting
This thing they call “WAITING”, was beginning to wear on me and the kids. My husband was in the fight of his life during this surgery. Not knowing if he would even make it through had all of us scared. My son was exhausted and fell right to sleep, my daughter and I could hardly…
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Emotions
For sixteen days our emotions were on overload. We were scared, we cried, we laughed, we talked and we planned. Most of the planning was for “Just Incase.” When I say just incase, we had to be together on the same page if anything were to happen to Joe. We had no clue if he…
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Scared
As the news started to sink in, we were definitely scared. We had no idea what to expect other than what the doctors and nurses were telling us. We had no idea if Joe would even be able to get the LVAD. The testing began immediately. Blood work, CT Scans, breathing tests, x-rays, heart caths…
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The Beginning
On September 9, 2019 we were told that my husband would need an LVAD Pump for his heart. This was “The Beginning.” Our lives were about to change and we didn’t even know it. We struggled through other medical issues in the past just prior to the LVAD news, but this would be the most…
Unconditional Love 