I've posted several times over the past 6 months about my daughter, Ali's severe heart failure due to a virus. It has been a roller coaster ride. Recently her leads from her pacemaker and defibrilator became displaced due to strong coughing due to bronchitis. Her blood sugar skyrocketed because of the infection. They had to turn the pacer off because it was causing damage, and had to wait for her blood sugar to come down so they could do the surgery to reconnect the leads. It took well over 2 weeks to get her blood sugar to come down to normal levels, consistant enough to do the surgery. So surgery was postponed 3 times, and all this time her pacemaker and defibrilator have been off.
Well, the surgery finally happened today. They had to redo all 3 leads. She called a little while ago, just out of surgery, and she is doing ok. She has to stay in a sling for 7 weeks this time to assure that the leads are secure. She may be able to return to work after that, but in the mean time she has no income. She has used up all her disability insurance benefits. Her company has agreed to pay for her health insurance until she returns to work... but she has to get through the expenses of the next couple of months until she can go back to work. I've been helping up till now, but have gone through most my resources. We'll find a way, though. I'm just sooooooo grateful that she made it through todays surgery!
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