Mariah's EP just came in to report she's out of surgery and it all went very well. She is in the recovery room at this time. Her EP was successful in placing the ICD under her pectoral muscle. He was quite pleased with the aesthetics of her device placement. He said it was barely noticeable when she was laying flat, except for a little more fullness. Even the cardiac nurse case manager saw it in the OR and thought it looked great. Over time, even the fullness should decrease slightly since inevitably there is swelling. Her EP gave a paper copy of the xray showing the leads to Mariah to help satisfy her curiosity. He also gave us a demo ICD to keep. Mariah's device is about 10% smaller than the one he gave us but it at least gives her an idea of her ICD looks like.
She should be in the recovery room for about an hour. We will be heading down to the waiting room outside recovery and as soon as she is awake they will let Steve and I go in to see her.
Just to give an idea of what the device Mariah has had implanted today, the photos below show the ICD demo model next to a an ink pen.
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