Category: Updates
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Heart Block
Read more: Heart BlockKatja was given discharge instructions for tomorrow and then her heart decided otherwise… Late this afternoon she started having irregular beats that progressed to full 3 second skips. She developed Heart Block shortly after. She was urgently moved back to the CICU. Discussions about operating to put her pace wires back in, urgent echos and…
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Headaches & Steroids
Read more: Headaches & SteroidsThat is all that is keeping us here. Headaches and steroids. Katja is doing amazing from a heart standpoint. Her function looks great and she has so much energy. She’s been walking around the hospital for the last 4 days, enjoying the sights, the gardens and meeting new heart friends. Her appetite is returning to…
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Can’t Keep Her Down
Read more: Can’t Keep Her DownIn usual Katja style, she isn’t going to let a bad afternoon keep her down. By late this afternoon she was feeling so much better, she asked to go see the Gardens. ❤️
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The Curse Of Day 3
Read more: The Curse Of Day 3If you’ve followed Katja’s journey in the past, you’ll remember the curse of Day 3. If not you can read about it in her blog updates under “Giving up is not an option”. For some reason after every ohs on Day 3 we hit a pain wall and have a set back. I try so…
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Goal Smasher
Read more: Goal SmasherKatja didn’t spend yesterday progressing… She spent it leaping past her goals 😳 Within 2hrs of her mask being reduced to nasal cannula, Katja got up. OT came in to see how she was doing and she decided she’d had enough laying flat watching Moana 2. She made the 6 steps over to a chair…
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I Believe
Read more: I BelieveShe believed and so she did 💪🏻❤️
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A Feisty Warrior
Read more: A Feisty WarriorIt’s been a long night. I haven’t slept more than 3hrs in the last 3 days. Katja had a bumpy night. Her body is still having a hard time purging the additional CO2 from Bypass. Her blood gases have been really high all night. With all her rejection meds, steroids and epi her glucose was…
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The Long Night
Read more: The Long NightWe have a long night ahead of us… But she’s already breaking through sedation and complaining about her mask squishing her nose. She is already extubated, pace wires are in but so far not needed. Some of her blood work is a little high and we’ll spend the evening getting that in order but she’s…
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Read more: untitled post 1151Update: Closing her took slightly longer than expected but she is finally in recovery. We should be allowed back soon to see her. Everything looks really good. Both her surgeons are very happy with the results. I wish I could say “the hard part is over” but the next 48hrs are critical for her. Her…
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She’s done!
Read more: She’s done!Katja is off Bypass and her heart is doing great! Everything looks perfect. She’s being closed up and sent to recovery soon. 💜
Confessions of a Mended Heart 