Skip to main content

Stinking INR

Another day in this lovely hospital because my stinking INR will not get were in needs to be. INR means International Normalized Ratio, its a number that describes your bloods clotting factor. Doctors want my INR to be around 2.0 but I am stuck at 1.5, a normal person should be below 1.0. So the higher the INR the thinner the blood. Because I have an LVAD they are very picky about my INR because they don't want a clot to form in my LVAD. But, if my INR gets too high I bleed, so it's a fine line we are walking until I get my new heart.

On a higher note, my mom and I did some crafts.... getting ready for Christmas and my baby boy Wrigley came and visited me, some of you are thinking Wrigley is a terrible child's name but he is actually my French Bulldog :)




Comments

  1. Megan and Tyson McMurdieNovember 30, 2014 at 9:46 PM

    Skwiggy you're so amazing. I love you so much! I'm so glad you started this blog. Keep up your amazing fight and attitude. You're seriously so incredible and inspiring. Love you! I want to come see you.
    xoxo, Heinz

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownDecember 1, 2014 at 5:46 AM

    I hope you get your new heart soon! I'm glad you started this blog! I can't wait to see what amazing things you accomplish once you have your new heart! Keep on fighting, love you Skwig!

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownDecember 1, 2014 at 6:56 PM

    YOUR HAIR!!!!!! I love it. And Christmas crafts?! My favorite. I need to see your beautiful face! Praying for you always- love you skwiggy! Xoxo

    ReplyDelete
  4. Jarvis Marquis Oliver-CullimoreDecember 1, 2014 at 8:40 PM

    Hey it was nice meeting you a weeks ago I'm happy the doctors told me to stop by to talk to you about the LVAD and whats life is like being on the heart transplant list. Stay positive that INR is no joke but give it time everything will start working as it should. Take it from me once that heart comes having the LVAD want be so bad. Good luck with your journey

    ReplyDelete
  5. Geri RDecember 2, 2014 at 1:17 PM

    Ashley, Most people may think you and soccer go hand in hand, but for me, it is Ashley and bowling balls. I am thinking of a particularly memorable night at the bowling alley. Mind you, I really do not like bowling, but that night was different, that night I had a "ball". You see, that night Miss Ashely was front and center. Literally. Do you remember tossing that ball down the alley and you just gliding right down with that alley, on your nice little belly, with you hand still firmly entrenched in the ball? Oh how we laughed. Ashley, you have a smile, a laugh, an attitude, that is second to none. No wonder your heart is enlarged. It had to be to hold all the love and laughter that is inside that slender body. They say that which doesn't kill us only makes us stronger. Well, you, girl, are super woman. We look up to you, we love you, and we are praying for you and that new heart to get together real soon. I am so glad you are blogging about this journey. Thanks for sharing you heart with us.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Chalk It Up as a Miracle.........

Some of you may know, but Ashley went through another Heart Transplant yesterday. After her first first new heart started to fail, we re-listed on the her on the transplant list immediately. We knew getting another heart would be a long shot, but we wanted the option to be there if a heart came available. Sure enough 18 hours on the list a second heart came available that was a perfect match for Ashley. Ironically, it took 4.5 months and then 2 hearts in the same week. We, including the doctors, are all chalking it up as a miracle. It was decided not to wait to see if the first heart would handle the load she would need but rather to move forward with the new donor heart. Going through a transplant a second time makes you really feel for the family who lost their daughter, sister, spouse and friend. We are grateful again for the family and the individual who choose to give life. We were in quite a predicament and feel only divine intervention could hav...
7 comments
Read more

New Day, New Chapter, New....????

After the other days SHOCKing experience, I had to go into the clinic today to have my device interrogated.   Basically find out why I got shocked…. Was it warranted?? My device is set to SHOCK me if my heart gets beating too fast, like 180bpm or higher. Which I guess I excreted myself too much yesterday. This is a little bit upsetting, I was hardly up the trail and I got shocked. How am I supposed to do anything physical and not get shocked? Think about trying to exercise but also having to worry about a horse kicking you in the chest at any time.   Leaving the clinic I was pretty bummed… Is my heart just getting worse? Anyway, I went to work at straws and about an hour into work the clinic was calling me. I didn’t want to answer because I had a feeling my INR would be too low again and I would have to be admitted to the hospital. Anyway, I answered and Dr. Kia was on the line. He said “I heard you left upset from the clinic today?” I figured he was about to give me a pe...
5 comments
Read more