Headphones and Waiting Rooms

So today I’m waiting around in a hospital waiting room for my Mom. (Yes I’m aware of the repetitiveness of that statement waiting in a waiting room.) She is having a cardiac ablation procedure done. (For those of us that don’t speak doctor they are burning parts of her heart to make sure it beats like it’s supposed too.) Her Doctor seemed optimistic that this is going to be the time it’ll fix it.

While this isn’t an abnormal procedure they still put her under and use a breathing tube. I’m pretty calm for the most part considering it’s my Mama Bear but, I know she would want me to be brave and strong so that’s exactly what I’m doing. (Hello kicking waiting room ass and taking names.)

One of the first times I realized my Mom’s heart wasn’t like the rest of us was a cool fall day back in elementary school it was a later soccer practice, I had just gotten out of the goal from practice and, my neighbor picked me up. I thought it was weird but hey it’s my neighbor (also one of my best friends Moms so it wasn’t too weird.) When we got back to their house they told me mom was in the hospital that her heart is beating too fast. I think at the time I was probably just really confused my Mom seemed healthy she still does to be honest. They put her on medicine and childhood Monica didn’t think much else about it.

They have been managing it for a long time and this is her second attempt at this procedure but back in December she had to have one of her heart valves replaced and they did a small procedure alongside it to get her stubborn ticker to just beat normally.

Well, for the most part it’s behaving but here we are today and I am honestly positive that this is it that this time we’re going to beat the stubborn heart into behaving as it is supposed to. If not by the doctors then my own stubbornness is going to go head to head (Monica v Mon’s Heart) and her heart is going to have to behave because I said so. (Mama didn’t raise no sissy girl that heart is going to behave if I have to talk to it myself!)

I’m happy to wait here all day if it means that Mom’s heart will beat in rhythm and be the best possible version of itself it can be.

I’ll post an update on insta later today to let everyone know how Mom’s doing.