Nothing crazy new to report after yesterday as I must go for two tests in the coming week or so that will tell us more about my leaky valve.

Here’s the run down from yesterday:

• I am short of breath because I am retaining some fluid.  NOT good for heart failure patients.  It’s from my diet, eating too much salt.  I have to take some Lasix (water pills) that flush out all water from my system for a few days.  I also have to take some potassium which keeps my levels high to avoid any risk of arrhythmias.
• Turns out I am a candidate for this Evalve trial.  I asked some more about it yesterday and my trusted heart failure doctor thinks it’s a good idea.  I am going forward with the testing and I will meet with the Doc who runs the trial soon enough where I will ask all of my questions and make a decision from there I guess.
• I learned that this Evalve Mitra clip is implanted meticulously into your valves.  I also learned that it is almost impossible for it to move once implanted because tissue actually grows around it and holds it in place.  Creepy right?  Then I will have four things implanted into my little heart:  three leads from my pacemaker defibrillator and a little clip that holds my valve together.  So crazy.
• As usual, I left feeling like I am in capable hands but realizing that no one truly knows how this is going to turn out.  The only plan we have is to watch my heart closely.  I wish there was a magic pill I could take to make it all better.  Get that left ventricle moving again.

I’ve decided I’m going to do something nice for myself this weekend.  Treat myself to something special.  Not sure what yet. I know it can’t be in the form of a brownie sundae considering that I am going back to eating as well as I did before I slipped up.  So what will it be?  Hmmm.