Its a Go

We are going. We are leaving after work today and headed down to Myrtle Beach. MIL wants us to go. She is not out of ICU yet, but hopefully she will transition to a step down unit today. She may get to come home Sunday or Monday if all goes well. It appears that she did have a mild heart attack, but there was no blockage or plaque in her heart arteries when they did the heart cath. The heart attack was caused by intense pressure on one side of her heart from extra fluid as a result of the congestive heart failure. She has also developed shingles and had some pneumonia as well.

There are plans to restrict her fluid intake and sodium intake as part of an effort to take off some 5 gallons of excess water believed to be in her system. Hopefully she will actively work towards these goals which should improve her condition. My dad went through this after contracting viral cardiomyopathy (which put him into congestive heart failure too) back in 2005.

Good thoughts and prayers are very much welcome. Especially for her to be willing to change to improve her life, or whats left of it. FIL is quite insistent that he is not ready to lose her and he will do his part to push these changes in her lifestyle.

I'll try to send some pictures from my phone of what happens on our trip. Have a great week!