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skoosiepants ([personal profile] skoosiepants) wrote2007-01-18 06:16 pm

hi everyone

thank you for all the well-wishing. you guys are the absolute best. J is home now. He had what the cardiologist called class one heart failure. Essentially, parts of his heart were spasming and shutting down, so while his heart should have been pumping at 60 percent, he was only at about 35. They went in and fixed some thinning of the arteries, but at least the parts of the heart that are working are in great condition. He has an atypical heart failure, because most people have clogged arteries, and he doesn't. Right now he's on medication and he's not allowed to have caffiene of any kind.

He's sort of prone to anxiety, so right now he's not doing too well on the relaxing front. He's sort of freaking himself out, so we're thinking he's going to have to get something to handle that. What a mess. Thank god he's out of the hospital, though. And I'm going back to work.

[identity profile] druidspell.livejournal.com 2007-01-18 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so glad he's doing better. Best wishes to both of you!
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[personal profile] wolfshark 2007-01-18 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
*hugs you and J*

[identity profile] penyn-1600.livejournal.com 2007-01-18 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
::hugs::

I'm glad he's doing better!
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[identity profile] moonmip.livejournal.com 2007-01-18 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I;m so glad to hear he's okay! Now, if you could just get him to destress...

[identity profile] amori-maris.livejournal.com 2007-01-18 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank goodness he's doing better!!!

This may sound trivial, but playing video games always helps Andrew destress because they make him focus on the puzzles and things instead of the scary stuff. It might help, especially if J's on bed-rest or something similar.

*hugs to you both*

[identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Best wishes, and best of luck to J with the getting better.

[identity profile] beadattitude.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
My dad's cardiologists told him to have a glass of wine with dinner to mellow him out, but as a minister and life-long teetotler, he had a rough time with it. Actually, the wine stressed him out. It was pretty funny. He made the most horrible faces.

So we made him watch Roadrunner cartoons after work, sit in a porch swing and bought him some girly wine coolers. Worked a lot better.

[identity profile] smalldiver.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
*Hugs* I'm glad everything turned out ok.

[identity profile] wordsindreams.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Good. :)
I hope things continue to improve!

[identity profile] seratonation.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
YAY! I'm so so glad *hugs* I wish I have something more constructive to say but YAY!
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[identity profile] elaran.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Good to know. Hope things get better. ::sends good vibes::

[identity profile] xxsignsoflifexx.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Wonderful news! I hope J continues to recover well. Don't forget to de-stress yourself while you are helping J. Big hugs, sweetie.

Val
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[personal profile] veracity 2007-01-19 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Honeycakes, good lord. I'm glad he's alright. I hope he does relax. Tell him if he doesn't, you'll watch SGA and SG-1 before April. Or something. But yay for not having to stay in the hospital. Though, that depends. Can you cook? If not, the hospital might have at least fed him. ;)
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[identity profile] natacup82.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
I dont really know what to say except I'm glad J's doing better and I'd suggest some very bad dvds to help with the relaxing. I'm thinking Breakin 2: Electric Bugaloo.

[identity profile] barely-bean.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Omgosh. How terrifying! I'm glad that he's home and I hope everything works out.
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[personal profile] abbylee 2007-01-19 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
::hugs::

I'm sending good-vibey thoughts your way.

[identity profile] epheme.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Great news! I hope things continue to improve. :)

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[identity profile] gweneiriol.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs* I'm happy to hear J's hope and hope he's all better soon!
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[identity profile] civilbloodshed.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy crap, I really hope he does well in his recovery. *hugs*

[identity profile] lovelokest.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
*hugs* I'm glad that he is doing better!
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[identity profile] sandalstrap.livejournal.com 2007-01-20 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, man, how stressed out you both must be. *hugs* And, of course, consciously trying to relax is the most horribly paradoxical situation anyone can be in, ever.