So I know my info has been spotty, but I will try to explain what happened last Tuesday and why I am still hear to to talk about it. I cannot tell you how many times this was not a possibility over the last 1.5 months.
After the diagnosis of Pneumonia and severe heart disease, I was told any possibility of surgery would be so high risk because my case was so complex. My Cardiologist at Kingwood was not hopeful. The Mitrol Valve was wide open and pushing heart blood into left atrium and lungs where it did not belong and my heart was pumping at about 15-25%. He consulted with who everyone has said is the best in this field, and is a huge innovator and teacher. After all the delays and other health issues they got my kidneys working as well as they could and went in and pushed me in, they put me under as little as possible so I got to listen to the whole thing. Just a bit stressful. I was supposed to have 3-4 stents put in. I'm not sure what else he did but he put in 8 stents. I will find out more on my follow up visit. So here I am looking forward to life a week later, thanks be to God and all of your prayers. Has anyone ever had a completely diminished appetite? and what steps did you take to get it back??
Some smells are still making me wretch and when I taste some things they are stronger than I expect and I can't take the flavors yet. I held down a little oatmeal, jello and watermelon, tried bean soup and Panera French Onion, not ready for them yet. I want to eat, I need to eat, just have to bust through this.
