LVAD... Left Ventricular Assist Device

THIS BLOG POWERED BY THE THORATEC HEARTMATE II LVAD:















PARTIAL HEART PUMP = LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE = LVAD = THE HEARTMATE II



THE LVAD ALLOWED ME to go HOME and conquer my normal and newest tasks once again.



Thank you Columbia-Presbyterian... Dr Naka and his Surgery Team, LVAD Nation, Dr Bijou & Dr Bonoan, Dr Mascitelli and Dr Shulman-Marcus!!!



AND TO THE SCORES OF PHYSICIANS, NURSES, PROFESSIONALS AND PEOPLE THAT PUSHED ME ALONG THE WAY... FORWARD.



Thank You God For I Am Blessed!







If I Was An LVAD-NASCAR Race CAR

If I Was An LVAD-NASCAR Race CAR
I would look like this :-)

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY LVAD DAILY NEWS AND INFO FEED

18 February 2010

I AM PLUGGED INTO WALL LIKE A TOASTER :) WHEN NOT IN BATTERY MODE



THIS IS WHAT TRAILS ME...

TETHERED & PLUGGED INTO THE WALL... I LOOK DOWN AND SEE


A PRAYING MANTIS : -)


and the good saga continues...

15 February 2010

A HEARTY LAUGH! :)

Am I taking this heart issue too far? "HOOF HEARTED" LMAO "who farted?"

And the good saga continues...

LVAD VIDEOS & VIDEO OF MY SURGEON


MY SURGEON DR. NAKA
(APPEARS @ 32 SECONDS OF VIDEO)




GENERAL LVAD INFO



THORATEC HEARTMATE II LVAD


And the good saga continues...

14 February 2010

GOD BLESS THE CARE GIVERS!

Valentines Breakfast FOR the Noble and Loving Wife
...an e-Valentines card for my wife :)

In the photo above My wife gave me the Red Spongey Heart : ) AND i gave her Iron Man :)

HAPPY VALENTINES! THANK YOU! Ini Ibig Kita,

I LOVE YOU

One, Two, Three ...LIFT :) Thank you for keeping my spirits lifted :) XOXOXO

And the good saga continues...