A Little Bit of Everything

Well, I am back! I finally decided to bite the bullet and start blogging again. Last night I spent an hour or so deciding on a new layout and figuring out how to personalize my header... What do you think?

So.. my life since November...

• My *coughcough31stcoughcough* birthday came and went.. I spent it with family and friends, we had a great time!
• We spent Christmas in Georgia with my sister and her family. The kids were spoiled..of course.. I will post pics in the next post.
• I believe I slept thru NYE.
• January was a great month! Mom and I headed to Nashville on January 19th for my pre-op appt with Dr. E, my Vanderbilt EP. The next morning, super bright and early.. I checked in at the Children's Hospital.. YES, the children's hospital.. Laugh all you want.. it is funny. haha Dr. E said my case was "challenging" and he wanted Dr. F to assist plus they had better mapping equipment. The procedure lasted almost SIX hours!! Appears I was just as difficult under general anethesia as I am awake. lol The SVT wasn't starting in the area they previously thought.... They had to ablate around 50 different spots! They went thru both legs and my neck. I woke up in horrid pain...was dosed and passed back out.. this happened for a few hours. I had to keep my legs completely still and lay flat for 6 hours! Luckily over half of that I was drugged. But the last few hours were hell. Then I woke up around 2am.. crying in pain. Once the nurse came in she realized that I had started bleeding internally on my left groin area and developed a rather large...okay huge.. hematoma. Better to bleed in than out I guess.. not as messy. Blah blah blah.. I wasn't allowed to get up and walk until they day I was released..>Friday. Walking was an ordeal.. onlookers thought it was a bit funny. I had that just pushed out a 20lb baby...but didn't ya know I didnt. Anyway....long story a bit shorter.. after much monitoring I was SVT free! I stayed SVT free until about 2 weeks ago.. Not great news..but it could be worse. I have had maybe 5 episodes since then..but not a one compared to pre ablation episodes. My followup in Nashville is Mid April.
• I am back at work! Yay!! After being out on leave for basically 8 months.. I was more than ready to go back! I missed my friends!! (love you guys!)
• Oh, pre surgery I had my hair done.. Elisha is the most awesome talented stylist ever!! (Enve Salon..) Pics on next post!
• Most that know me...know about the house fire in October.. They have finally started on the house...and man do they work fast!! They almost have the whole house gutted already!! Its amazing to see! At the rate they are going, we will probably be back in the house before August!
• Speaking of August.. my little monster starts school in the fall. I have been back and forth about where to send him...public or private. My cousin sends her boys to Freedom Christian Academy.. so Mom, Dalton, and I met with the principal on Wednesday and took a tour. That place is great! I really feel in my heart that is the place for Dalton. So I am filling out the application and praying that they will have a spot for Dalton in the fall!

Okay..update wise I think that is the scoop!

So.. I think that is it for now..update wise....

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Wow, I haven't updated since August.
I'm such a horrible blogger! lol

First a not fun post then a fun post, k?

So I have been diagnosed with Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT for short)

What is SVT?



I never had an episode of SVT until May 2009. I was at work ended up ambulance bound to UT Hospital. I thought it was just an f'ed up panic attack and convinced everyone else that too. Fast forward to August.. I had been given the run around by a cardiologist I won't name.. He told me I was fine..nothing was found. Yet I was still having episodes. I had to have my gallbladder removed and while under anesthesia, I went into SVT. Perfect timing.. it was seen and diagnosed! My fabulous surgeon, Dr. N, stopped my heart with adenocard and I went into normal sinus rhythm. So he referred me to an Electrophysiologist, Dr. H. Dr. H is the best Dr! My first appointment (consult) with him, I showed up in SVT.. heart rate around 180 bpm. They got it on EKG, then proceeded to go through the motions of converting me back to NSR. Not so easy.. ending up having to have an IV (in the office lol) and getting the Adenocard twice. Being awake while having your heart stopped for about 30 seconds is not fun. But the second time worked. I had to lie down for about 30 minutes afterward, once that was over I was told to get up and get dressed. So the nurse leaves, I stand up get dressed and my heart flips back to SVT. LOL Fun times!
They scheduled a cardiac ablation for the next week. Once they got in they realized he couldn't ablate me, it was too dangerous. I was then referred to another EP, this time in Nashville. A week after that attempted ablation, I went to pick up my dr's release to go back to work. I told the nurse about this burning pain I was having in my leg since the procedure. Dr H signed orders for an Ultrasound. Child in tow, we went to the ultrasound. Diagnosis.. Deep Vein Thrombosis.. aka Blood Clot! Greeeeeeeeeeat! I was on blood thinner shots already and still got this. So I spent almost a week in the hospital. I'm now on coumidin for a year. The clot should dissolve itself within 6 months. I went to Nashville on Nov 18th and met with Dr. E. He is great! He is going to coordinate schedules with another specialist. Then I will get a call about the date of my procedure. He says I have a very challenging case.. but the odds are great that he can fix this for good! Yay! So That is my update health wise. Next post will be fun! Promise!