Hi guys,

I’m wandering in...

DD had a defibrillator implanted last June. Recovered well. Then the darn lead unattached itself from her heart so they had to do surgery to reattach it.

Then, a week ago, she got shocked- almost knocking her out of the shower! She contacted her doctor and we went to the Heart Hospital ER. Found out the freakin’ defibrillator misfired because one of the leads came apart again! Her heart rhythm was just fine!

ER wanted to admit her because, well, they kept saying, ‘you could die’ . She didn’t have enough Paid Time Off to let herself be admitted so she signed out AMA.

Her heart surgeon said in the twenty years he’s been practicing, he’s never heard of this happening. He faxed her records to the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic for advice.

The newest surgery is scheduled for March 15th. He’s removing all the old wires and device and implanting a plain defibrillator (that won’t pace her heart). So now she will have two surgery wounds to heal.

BTW, she works for the company that owns the Heart Hospital.

Thankfully, her coworkers got together and donated paid time off so she is able to afford the surgery.

Hopefully, they will get it right the third time!