No Rejection!!

 First off, let's get the good news out there:  Lindsey had ZERO rejection and her coronary arteries looked fine. Soooooo, onto the question of what is causing this?  They think that there may be some "micro" coronary artery disease happening that they can't see, or possible that the donor would have experienced this down the road if they would have lived.  But, leaning more to the prior possibility.  Last night at midnight, Lindsey converted on her own back into sinus rhythm.  Her heart rate was in the 48-52 bpm and it went up to 94-96 bpm. They are still going to move forward with the surgery since there is a good chance this could happen again.  

Today we will move out of ICU to the step down unit.  She will have a little more freedom and possibly go for walks further than just the unit.  Last night we went for a walk 2 laps around the unit.  She tolerated the walk very well and had no lightheadedness or dizziness.  She slept well last night, could tell when she switched over to normal rhythm, but didn't feel any different.  She is complaining of being really tired still, probably just everything catching up to her.  

Plans: Surgery sometime Friday with a 24hour recovery.  IF all goes well, home by Sunday.  At least that is my plan.😁  I haven't had a great visit with the EP team (electrophysiologist) to know if we have to stay in the area for follow ups, or if we can just go home and follow up in Boise. The surgery is actually pretty antiinvasive, they don't have to open her chest or anything.  They make a small incision in her upper left chest and place the wires in through scopes then make a little pocket to hold her pacemaker in.  It sits just under her skin. Thus why the recovery is so quick. Of course, Gage's was supposed to be a 3 day recovery and it was 2 weeks.  BUT, his heart was a lot sicker. All good news, we are glad we are here. This is where we need to be and they are taking great care of Lindsey.  Really fun to see all our favorite nurses, doctors and staff.

On a fun note, Hunter's braces were removed this morning.  He was really excited! Some fun random family pictures.