A sound heart is the life of the flesh... Proverbs 14:30
Mike is doing very well with his new "bionic ticker". He still has some limitations in lifting as the leads continue to heal. The first picture is a duplicate of the pace maker. His pace maker is a dual lead. Which means the leads are attached to the upper and lower chambers of the heart. I am amazed at how small (as you can see, next to my car key remote) it is. No doubt, this PM is already out dated and the next one will be smaller. Mike's PM is an assisted type. It picks up the beats where his heart natural heart beat leaves off. It does not do all the work for him and he does not have the type that would shock his heart back in to beat. He did not need that.
Now, look at this device below. This is his monitor. It arrived in the mail two weeks ago. In Feb, we will hook this up to the phone line, place the paddle over the area where the PM is and send all of his date to the Dr. . The Dr. will look the data over to make sure everything is ticking along like it should. Kinda creepy, huh?
This transmission of information allows Dr free visits- so long as everything appears normal. Eventually, he will need an upgraded PM. There is no such thing as needing new batteries in a PM. The life of the unit is what wears out. That is just an out patient surgery. They open up the area where the unit is, unhook the old PM from the leads and plug in the new PM, sew him up and you're done. Well, it sounds simple when put that way, of course. It's not something that either of us look forward to, nor is anything like that without risks. At least it is simple compared to major heart surgeries. I find it all very interesting.
Very neat little device! My aunt's husband just got one of the type that shocks you. It went off and saved his life. I am very thankful for these little pieces of technology!
ReplyDeleteWell....I always knew he was the six million dollar man! ROFL..go bionics! =) <3
ReplyDeleteThat is quite something! We have come such a long way!
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Joyce
My niece deals with the same thing. The only 'issue' we had was doctors that didn't know what they were doing. The PM was working, but not recording anything. And for 2 years the techs that checked when she complained of issues would say, "Well the PM isn't showing anything." You would think they would have picked up that it wasn't recording anything, good or bad. Sometimes a small state is not always good. :)
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