Dear Class of ’73,
Thanks to all who have sent encouragement and prayers. The doctor successfully placed a defibrillator with biventricular pacemaker. So far it is causing both ventricles to pump together which might make the heart a little more effective. It is hoped that with medications and the pacemaker- the heart might shrink some in size and empty more than the 25% of normal that it does now. If it is successful – it may buy more lifetime. I am still considered a candidate for a heart transplant.
The hard part for me is that the doctors flip back and forth between encouragement and reminding me that I have a limited prognosis. I am trying to get to a point where I can focus on the “here and now” and not the unknowns of my future.
Please take care of yourselves and remember to tell your loved-ones how much you care.
Laura Walters Anspach