UPDATE

My incredibly young and fit mother had a pacemaker placed in her chest today (weird I know). What an adventure! This is how the story goes. . . .
She had been dealing with the pains and annoyances of a sinus infection for nearly a month. Eventually she had "had enough" of that pesky sinus infection and went to see good ole Dr. B. After hearing her astonishingly low hear rate, the nurse was a bit concerned. She mentioned it to Dr. B who immediately lost interest in the pesky sinus infection and sent my young and fit mother to get an E.K.G.
Apparently he didn't like what he saw because he ended up consulting with a cardiologist who insisted that she be fit into the urgent slot. She ended up seeing Dr. Wong yesterday. After another E.K.G., he decided that she needed a pacemaker a.s.a.p.
I guess what has been happening is that the top two chambers of her heart weren't communicating with the bottom two chambers. So when the top was telling the bottom to pump blood, the bottom was being a "cold-hearted snake" (hee hee) and ignored the demands completely. Because there was no communication at all she was at a level 3, or complete block, the most serious available version.
Today however, she is a new woman who is able to function at a faster "pace" than ever! Her surgery went well, and her heart rate was already up to the seventies this morning, a sharp contrast from the thirty range it had been residing in. She is also feeling like quite the spring chicken considering that she is stationed in the geriatrics ward.
In conclusion, I am SO thankful for your thoughts and prayers. It is nice to know that we have so many people out there willing to support us through our trials and life's little ups and downs. I am also so thankful that she was blessed with that pesky sinus infection. We truly believe that her sinus infection was the Lord's way of getting her in to see the Doc. Otherwise, she may have never known she had such a serious problem until it was too late. Wow, what a miracle. . . what a blessing! Needless to say, the sinus infection is clearing up remarkably well.