well i was hoping to find people with serious answers, but it seems other peoples lives are jokes.
my mother recently (thursday the 16th) had open heart surgery (valve replacement) due to a leak in her heart. a week later she had an ICD (defibrillator) put in.
it just seems like it was just too soon of an operation after open heart surgery.
anyway, she was discharged 3 days after the ICD was installed and she was doing fine. the following day, she nearly fainted while using the restroom and scared me half to death. i just dont think it was a right move to implant the ICD so soon.
2007-08-27 19:35:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
The fainting was probably due to her meds and not the defibrillator.
2007-08-28 05:01:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They've been using these since the fifties. They control and regulate the heartbeat. Whatever happen to your mom probably had something to do with her condition and not the ICD. I would let the doctor know right away but, these are questions to ask him, not us, that's probably way you got a lot of nasty responses. people are like that.
2007-08-27 22:01:53 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋