My Heart

Let me start this off by saying that I am doing much better and feeling really good. On September 29th I was getting ready for work I went into ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) with a heart rate of 250. I was immediately taken to Banner Desert Hospital where they sedated me and shock my heart. My heart responded well to this and went back to normal. I have never had this happen before so it was a complete shock and very scary at the same time. Of course I was admitted to the hospital and sent to the cardiology unit to be watched. I am in the good hands of two doctors from Tri-City Cardiology. The next day I had a echo cardiogram done. That night I received the news that the right side of my heart is enlarged and I have a leak in my tricuspid valve. This is of course was news that you do not want to get. To give some background I was born with a congenital heart defect known as Atrial septal defect(ASD) which was repaired with open heart surgery at the age of 3. At that time I was watch for a year and then given a clean bill of health.

They are not for sure but my current problem could be from this original defect that was never noticed and then got worse over the pass 30 years which would cause the right side of my heart to enlarge. One Friday I had a cardiac catheterization done where they look at your heart and make it go into V-fib again to find out what caused it in the first place. You are awake during this procedure. It is one of the weirdest feeling I have had. To be lying down while someone controls your heart rate. They were able to find the nod that caused me to go into V-fib and dead in it, which means I should hopefully never go into v-fib again. I was released from the hospital the next day. The next step is to deal with the valve that is leaking. This can be treated with medication or surgery depending on how bad it is. Which I do not know at this point. I have more test this week which should lead us to the right direction

This whole experience has been VERY humbling, however I truly have felt the hand of the Lord throughout this whole process. I had a blessing on Wednesday night and have felt very calm since and still do. I have to thank my family and friends for all their love, prayers and support. I have felt them on a daily bases. I have to get a big thanks to my mom. She stayed with me at the hospital for 3 and a half very long days. When you can not leave the cardiology unit the days go by really SLOW. People asked if the triathlon caused me to go into v-fib the doctors do not think so, I think it was just a matter of time. And if I had to pick when I would have it happen now. Keep smiling everyone, everything is going to be just fine, I promise. Love you all!

My first Sprint Triathlon

The following weekend, I went home again to do my first sprint triathlon! Which was 300 meter swim, 12 mile bike and 5K run. Olivia convinced me some time ago to do this with her. I was really nervous I have to be honest! I have never done anything like this in my life. But I trained for it, and my goal was to just finish it. I really did not care how long it took me. The end result was I finished is in two and a half hours! Not to bad for a newbie if you ask me. I was the last one out of the pool, but I didn't care! It just met that lots of people were cheering me on!!! The bike was not bad, I enjoy bike riding so this was easy for me. Olivia on the other hand got a flat tire and could not finish the bike.

Olivia being pick up by my mom and Chelsa.
I told myself that I would not push myself on the run and would walk most of it and run the last part, which was exactly what I did.

Please remember I am not a runner!
I felt great finishing it and would definitely do it again. Thanks for pushing me Olivia and thanks to mom and Chelsa for coming to cheer us on!!!

A Weekend in Tucson

A couple weekends after Cannon's Blessing I went to Tucson for the weekend. Some weekends I go with a purpose and other just for fun. This weekend was for a purpose. Patrick fiance Alyssa came down to meet the family. We had a great time and ate a lot of eegee's! It is always nice to go home and relax. Even if I did lose at bowling and had to do the dishes. Welcome to the family Alyssa! We are excited to have you part of the Corning Family! This picture is from when they visited Amy and Trent in Provo, UT. I did not get any pictures from that weekend, sorry:(

Cannon's Blessng

For Labor Day weekend I went to Provo, Ut for the blessing my nephew Cannon. We had a great time. How cool is that I finally have a nephew! ( If you can't tell I am a little excited about this!!!!!) We played games and spent time with the Dyer family as well. The actually blessing was beatiful. Trent and Amy are great parents and will do a great job of raising Cannon. I can't wait for Christmas when they come down for two whole weeks! It was also nice to have the whole family there. I think mom and I figure out the last time that was,was at Trent and Amy wedding about a year and a half ago. Here are some pics from that weekend!!

The whole Family
I like this one because it looks like he is waving to everyone, saying "here I am!"

Sarah and Bryce playing around at the park ( she really didnt hit him, I promise)

This picture is not from that weekend, but is one of my favorites of Cannon! We love you Cannon!!!