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My sister is in ICU.Her heart is stuck in high gear running about 150 they cant find anything wrong yet keep her in your prayers please.

Prayers coming from the mountains

Let me know if I can help. At a rate of 150, she may have an abnormal heart rhythm called atrial flutter. If my assumption is correct, then they may not find anything wrong with her heart like clogged arteries or weak heart muscle. They may do blood tests to check for an over active thyroid gland. Hopeully all of that looks ok if all those tests look ok, then they may do a heart ultrasound called an echo and if everything looks good, they can do what is called RFA (radio frequency ablation) to get rid of the problem permanently without having to take medicine for it for life Success rates are pretty good and it is done under conscious sedation. It is not painful. Call me if you need to talk or just aren't sure what the docs are saying. At least i can try to explain it in plain English. We don't always do a good job of explaining things in simple terms. But I guarantee any explanation will be easier to figure out than Langford's forums. Glad to talk to your family or your sister too if there is something y'all don't understand.

Thinking of your family, Richie!!! Richie, i have been through this procedure the Dr. is speaking of about 7 years ago. I checked in around 7:00am and was released around 6:00 pm. Worked from home the next day. If i remember correctly they were more concerened that veins and/or arteries that they did the procedure through healed enough before they let me go home.

AMEN..

Thoughts are with your sister and your family. Wishing her a speedy recovery.

I hope everything is alright Richie

They moved her out to a regular room today so things are getting better thanks for your prayers so far and thanks for your continued prayer also.

Thanks again for your prayers. Ruchelle may get to come home today.They are still running test and will continue to do so for awhile.Still not sure what caused it but doesnt appear to be any major concearns for the moment.Thanks again for your prayers.

Well always something to pray about My dad is having trouble with his left eye they said it has blood behind the eye so Ive got to take him to mem. tomorrow to see what they are going to do about it.

Okay. I don't mean to make light of the situation, and will certainly keep him and the rest of the family in my prayers, but...

Isn't having blood behind your eye a GOOD thing???

Ha guess u better have some blood behind your eye guess its in the wrong spot.

Hope all goes well. Keep us posted.

n our thoughts and prayers-hope it goes well for him

Hope it goes well for your dad.