Never a dull moment hits with solid impact, again!
Andi, my closest friend in Az for decades, has just been released from the hospital, having been admitted on Monday with difficulty breathing based in fluid filling her lungs.
Following a cardiac catheterization, Andi was diagnosed with heart failure, suggesting that the autonomic pumping mechanism of her heart had weakened, causing blood, pumped into her lungs (for oxygenation ), to pool. In a valiant attempt to pump harder, Andi’s heart enlarged.
This did not happen in AZ. Over these past two weeks, Andi and Michael have been in Philly, celebrating their grand daughter’s Bat Mitzvah. Thank goodness, Andi’s medical emergency did not happen until after her family’s deeply meaningful, joyous occasion had taken place.
As Andi’s lungs are free of fluid—thanks to medication born of modern medicine—another episode will be prevented, freeing our treasured friends to fly back to the southwest, tomorrow. An appointment with a cardiologist has been scheduled for Tuesday, and during our FaceTime call, this afternoon, Andi said that upon their arrival, she plans to spend the up-coming week resting right next to me on my bed.
At this late stage of life, in addition to maintaining our hearts’ ability to pump oxygenated blood throughout our bodies, our heartfelt strength of spirit must consciously pump our minds full of courage each time reality offers us sound reason to face the fact that inevitably, everyone will experience irreplaceable losses closing in, one after another—but—not yet—please—not yet ...
Annie
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