Mom's Heart Cath..........

[DianaB]

My Mom had her heart cath done yesterday, Monday. (Remember she had a heart attack that they found in a stress test.) Things didn't turn out quite as well as we expected. The doctor found an artery that was 100% blocked, one that was 50-60% blocked, and another that was 80% blocked. It turned out that the one that was totally blocked had already re-routed it's self......and they didn't seem to be too concerned with the 50-60% blocked one......but the 80% blocked one they called in another doctor and he put in two stents.

We were very surprised because my Mom hasn't had ANY symptoms, nor any pain. The doctor had even given her the option to wait and see if she had symptoms before even doing the heart cath but with her family history Mom wanted to go ahead and check things out. It was a good thing too!!!

Mom's back home and doing well. She hasn't had any pain or problems with the procedure. My step-dad, Art, is worried about Mom.....He lost a wife in her sleep so it's hard to think of losing another wife, but I reassured him that Mom's still in great shape. My Mom has a Cardio-glider that she does 500 reps on every morning plus she watches what she eats. This problem is definitely genetics!!!! Yikes!!!