I have to get blood work done once a week for my blood thinner med. They have to take my blood and make sure that they give me the right dose and until they find the correct one I will be doing a lot of blood work. This week they called and said that they have to increase the blood thinner again and then we will check again next week. My number is a 1.2 and it needs to be between 2 and 3. Another thing they mentioned was that my potassium and magnesium is low, so they put me on two more prescriptions to get those numbers up. They said that with the low levels of the potassium and magnesium could cause extra arrhythmias that my heart does not need. I go back on Wed. to get more blood taken so I will let you all know what it says!

Brad and I went to Boone the day after Christmas. We wanted to go and see some of my family before I could not travel. It was the best time I've had in awhile. I got to see my Anut Joann, I've not seen her in five years! Way to long to go without seeing someone you love. We got to hang out with some of our friends while we were there too, but I think my favorite part was seeing the family. The weather was not so good, it was raining with some fog too. We were able to go to some of our favorite eateries which are: Mountain House, Macado's, and Back Yard Burgars. You can't get that kind of food here in Wilmington. We have some good places to eat here but nothing like going home and eating at your favorite place. If they mailed there food, I would do it in a heartbeat! It was a long trip and it made me very tired but it was worth every bit! I hope that I can go back up there sooner than I did this time. It's just so beautiful up there!

I hope that everyones Christmas is magical!!!

I wanted to take a moment and thank all of those that are helping. If it was not for your help the word of me needing transplant would not be out there.

 

There will be an ad in Bootleg Magazine in the Jan. issue. It talks about the benefit that is coming up at Thalian with Comically Imapired. I hope to see you all there!

 

 

 This is a flyer that we made to send out to Churches and Local Business.

If you have an idea on who to send this to, please let me know. Thank you for all the support.

So, I went to the man in white today. He was telling me that he could make me feel a little better while waiting for the transplant. On Jan. 7th, I will be having surgery to upgrade my AICD (Automatic Implantable Cardic Device). They are going to take the one that I have right now and replace it with a CPT-D (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy-Defibrillator). This device is used in patients with heart failure. It will hopefully reduce my symptoms (some symptoms are water retention, extreme tiredness, shortness of breath) of the heart failure. There is a 7 out of 10 chance that it will help and it will buy us more time to raise more money for the heart transplant. The only thing that is different about the new device is that it will add another lead connected to my heart, so that will give me three leads total. One in the upper chamber, the bottom chamber, and the new one will go in the back side of my heart. The machine itself will be a little bigger than the one I have right now, it will measure 2"x2", and it is placed under my collar bone on the left side. The CPT-D will act as a pace maker, difibrillator, and heart failure control. The surgery will take 3-4 hours and I will have to spend a night at the hospital. I will be having this done at New Hanover Medical Center by Dr. James Forrester Jr. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. Please keep me in your thoughts.

 

I'm a 27 year old female from Boone North Carolina and I need to raise money for a heart transplant. At the age of 24, I had a heart attack which damaged my heart. The doctors that looked after me did not think that I was sick from a heart attack because of my age, so they were looking at different diagnosis. it took 8 doctors and 6 months for them to tell me that my heart was severely damaged. I have cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the heart muscle), congestive heart failure (the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the bodies needs), arterial fibulation (a fast irregular heart beat), and I have an AICD implant. The AICD is a defibulator and pace maker all in one which helps my heart stay at a healthy rhythm.

I am currently unable to work, so I could use all the help that you are able to give. The transplant itself is around $365,000 and then after the transplant I will need to pay for medications, cardiac rehab, and doctor visits with rountine test. I have to raise at least $20,000 before I can even have the operation. That is just enough to pay for co-payments that my insurance does not cover. Duke University will be doing the operation and my pre and post evaluations.

There is several ways to donate. Please send check, cash, or money order to: The Anita Trivette Heart Transplant Fund, PO Box 16688, Wilmington NC 28408. You can purchase magazines up to 80% off at www.magfundraising.com/heart_to_heart. 40% of the profit goes toward my transplant. You can also donate buy purchasing T-Shirts at www.cafepress.com/anitasheart. You can also donate through paypal at my myspace page at: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=254139292