Not good news...FANTASTIC NEWS!!!

First of all, I'M HOME!!!!  And thank you all for all your prayers & good wishes, & text messages, & phone calls!!

So here's the latest & greatest.  Gosh, I hardly know where to start.  Ok, it's gonna be about another week before I start feeling any significant changes, but with an adjustment to my medications, this erratic rythm will go away.  The BIG news is my ejection fraction, aka heart function, has gone from only 20% to 48% !!!  I think I'm still in shock over this news.  Apparently adding the additional 2 leads to my defib, for a total of 3, made a huge difference along with this new adjustment to my medication, the fact that I've been working very hard to lower my cholesterol, got my diabetes under control, & I'm losing weight...all have made a significant improvement.  I'm still having difficulty breathing & still feeling very tired, but like he said, in a week I will be able to enjoy the difference.  So it was a very good thing that I went to the hospital.

It dawned on me, on the way home...I'll be able to go back to being a medic in the field in a few months!!!  I cannot tell you how much I've missed running calls & helping people.  I've have felt so useless, fighting to stay alive, but worried everyday that I would lose my life so young.  Now, I just wish I felt better already so I could really enjoy this new revelation.

I can't truly find the right words to express my elation.  I guess I'm gonna need these next 7 days to absorb it all, but WiiFit....LOOK OUT!!

Phew!  I feel like the whole world has been lifted off my shoulders!  And now I have many more years to be around to drive ya'll crazy!!!!  Woo hoooo!!!!!

Ann, that is great news. I pray that you feel better real soon. I can sense your great spirit while reading your post. You have my prayers.

I am so happy for you.  I will continue to keep you in my prayers.
I love my wii fit and I even got my husband to start doing so now the
whole family does the wii fit just for the fun of it at night when there is
not better to do.
Again I am really happy for you,
 take care,
         Christine

Ann - that is great news! I am so happy for you! 

Jackie

Ann - a big (((hug))) and a big hooray!   i'm so very, very happy for you!  thanks for sharing with us! lys

Ann that is great and keep up the good work and things will be better. Don not over do it and get the rest your body needs. Like you said it is up to you.

Ann, I am sitting here in tears.  I am so happy for you!!!  For those who have or had cardiomyopathy, can really understand the improvment from 20% to 48%.  That is a fantastic number from where you were.  I really hope those meds kick in soon!!  I will give you a call today.

Forget sitting here in tears...I'm flat out bawling my eyes out as the reality of it all begins to sink in.

I don't have to be afraid to go to sleep at night anymore.  Pretty soon I'll be able to walk past those electric carts in the store without even giving them a glance.  Dennis won't have to be afraid to let me ride my horse.  In a few months, I can actually go through with my original plan of becoming a paramedic.  In a few DAYS time, my family won't have to wait on me hand & foot...I can fetch & carry for MYSELF!!  In a few days time I can regain my independence & DRIVE!  I mean, the list just keeps going on & on in my brain.  The possibilities are ENDLESS.  Everytime I think I'm done crying about it, I think of something else I can do & I start crying all over again.  Happy tears, of course.  I guess after so many years of living in fear from day to day, it's gonna take me a little time to wrap my brain around all this.  Talk about the best birthday present EVER!

Do ya'll realize that I can start working out in ernest now?  I mean REALLY work up a good sweat without fear?  Holy Cow!!!  And how blessed I am to have all of you to share all this with.  Melissa, make sure you have some tissue with you when you call me today cuz I'm pretty sure we're both gonna be bawlin' on the phone...lol.

Ok, so I am going to sit here & eat the breakfast that I prepared MYSELF & enjoy the quiet of the house for a little bit longer.  But everybody in the world watch out!!  ANNIE'S BACK IN TOWN!!!

I love you all!!

Ann,
What wonderful news!  It is like you have a new lease on life and it is a long long lease!!!!!!!

Keep up the good work and know prayers continue for you.

Jeane

Great new Ann!  Glad you are home.  Love you!