Been gone too long

I have not been posting as of late and just thought that I would give a little update as to what I have been up to these past months. I started going back to school for Sonography, but my heart condition decided to raise its ugly head again so I had to step down from my classes to get myself in better health. Back in January in visit to clinic it was discovered I was in atrial flutter again, so I was admitted to UW Medical Center and scheduled for a cardio version. To ensure that there were no blog clots in my heart the doctors needed to do a Transesophageal Echo or what is commonly refered to as a TEE. You are lightly sedated so that when the scope inserted into the esophagus your natural function of swalling can aid the doctors with getting the scope in position to take the images that they need to verify that no clots are present. No clots were present, so the doctors were able to perform a cardio version. This is a procedure where electric current is used to shock your heart back into a normal sinus rhythm. Two pads are placed on your body, one on the front and one on the back and acts as a wall for the current to bounce back and forth while the electric current runs through your heart to make it beat normally. Well the procedure was short lived with it only lasting for 4 weeks at which time I discovered that I had fell back into atrial flutter. I am recently released from the hospital, but was unable to have the cardio version done due to complications. I am now in a waiting phase where I will have my coumadin monitored over the next 3 weeks to ensure that there are no blood clots in my body. It was not the outcome that I was looking for, but the future will hold better times. Now I just have to be patient and stay relaxed so that I don't get my heart beating too fast. Its not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of fight in the dog.