Very upset!

• by Stephanie3
• 2012-08-04 01:08:03
• Complications
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• 4 comments

Hey guys,

I'm sure whoever has been reading my posts I had a EXternal pm put in which was on the outside of my chest for a trail run. It was pacing 40 percent of the time and I was feeling great! I have been taking care of the bandages around my pm and cleaning it like I was instructed to do. It started bleeding from the insertion three days ago not too much but still coming through the bandage. I went back to work Wednesday and was doing amazing felt great until I looked down and my bandage was filled with blood! I then rushed to my doctors office. My doctor is on vacation so his fill in saw me and said everything was okay to call if it still continues to bleed. Thursday I went to work and it was still bleeding. I called and they told me to get to the er right away. Long story short I pulled the pacemaker out! So this morning they had to do emgerceny surgery to remove the pm. So they cant put the new pm in until the wound heals and I'm off antibodic, it could be infected. So my doctor comes back in a week and when he returns he will bring me and place the pm inside my chest! What a crazy week and I'm just so upset I know I couldn't help this from happening but I was finally getting my life back and this happens .. So I'm back to the beginning. I'm trying to hang in there and stay positive it's just so hard to do when things just keep happening