My latest visit to the hospital brought with it good news following the MRI Cardiac scan that I had. When assessed in Canada I had a deformed heart due to an excess of muscle forming to compensate for the malfunctions, it also was only working at 38% efficiency which sounds horrific but a normal persons heart operates at round about 55%. I now have a normal size heart which is 60% efficient along with a blood pressure of 120/80 and a beating rate of 45 beats per minute..........woohoo !!
I still have the Atrial fibrillation which is when my heart occasionally goes off on a bit of a tangent and does what it wants for anywhere between a few seconds to the full day and will beat either slowly, fast, irregularly or all three. The best way this can be described is that the heart (which beats from electrical impulses) is short circuiting and it looks like I will have to undergo surgery to have my "wiring" fixed. I dont have a consultation with the surgeon yet but I hope this will be soon.
Meanwhile I have been having the odd day out. Sunderland Wintergardens held a celebration for the Chinese New Year so I popped along and had a pretty good day.
I hope you enjoy the pictures which are of the Chinese dance displays and of the gardens which house over 2000 plants, shrubs and trees.
