[Loch-Ruadh] Stent club

[Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain]

Please let Laura know that we are praying for her, and for you  and the 
girls as well.  Thank God that yet another of our family was able to get the 
medical care needed to keep her with us.

Don't know if there is anything you need, but don't hesitate to call if 
there is.

Padraig and Amber

Dunstan wrote:

> Well,  Laura decided that she didn't want to be outdone and had to be in 
> the same club as Cearell and Dana.
>
> On Saturday morning, I was out doing yard work when Lauren came out 
> screaming that Laura couldn't breathe and that she
> had called 911.  I immediately ran inside to find her on the couch, very 
> short of breath.  I stayed with her till the fire crew and amb
> arrived.   They found an abnormal arrhythmia on the heart monitor and we 
> loaded her up on the stretcher.   Out in the amb, they started
> and IV and gave her some meds and took her to Hugley with the lights and 
> siren on.   She got in and the ER Doctor examined her and
> found she was very sick.  Her pulse rate was very low and her blood 
> pressure had bottomed out.   With meds, they got her pulse rate back
> up around 60 and her blood pressure up a little but still very much below 
> normal.   The Cardiologist came in and took her up
> to do her angiogram.  He found two blockages and she had another heart 
> attack during the procedure.  He put in two stents in
> vessels located on the left side of the heart.   That area contains the 
> conductive part of the heart and with the blood flow restored, her rate 
> and
> pressure came up to normal values.   Her indigestion and back ache went 
> away when the stents went in.. imagine that!?!   :)
>
> She is in ICU at Hugley but visitation is very limited and strictly 
> enforced to even numbered hours    6, 8, 10, etc up till 8 at nite for 15 
> minutes
> at a stretch.   She has no phone in the ICU room but if they put her in 
> another room with a phone, I will post that, tho I hope
> she will be coming home soon, Monday or Tuesday.
>
> I apologize for the lateness of this post, but it has been a long two 
> days.   Will keep everyone posted tomorrow sometime.
>
> Dunstan