Saved from the Brink of Death
To my Wonderful Dr. Diana DaGrosa and her kind and loving staff. Aloha and good afternoon on 2/03/2023
I had a doctor’s appointment at Scottsdale Honor Health today and met with my Cardiologist Dr. Klaussen. We went over my charts from a year and a half ago. At that time, I was in A-FIB with my heart ejection fraction at less than 15%, basically two feet in the grave. After he read my echo scan, he panicked, he wanted to call an ambulance for me right then and there and cart me off to the hospital! He said, you need a life vest…! Right now! I don’t even know how you are standing. Everyone in my heart condition is in a hospital bed and attached to a monitoring machine.
Flashes of life past in my mind…. My mom died in a hospital
My dad died in a hospital
My stepfather died in a hospital
My mom’s twin sister died in the hospital My uncle died in the hospital
Both of my grandmas died in the hospital
Many, many family members went in and did not come out
I humbly said no thank you and walk out. I could only walk about 20 steps before I had to stop and rest. My journey to heal, my choice to keep on living, my choice to do what I do best……………………………………………… Just keep on going. My choice to die in my tracks and live as much life as possible had begun.
Going under the knife was not an option for me! At least, not the first option.
Over the course of the next six months and many medical heart doctors and specialist. The choices and procedures suggested to me are/where…
- Angiogram for stents in three main arteries
- Ablations to scar the nerves on the inside of my heart wall
- Ablations to scar the nerves on the outside of my heart wall
- Screen on the inside of my heart to keep clots from passing into my
- Clip on the outside of my heart artery to prevent the possibility of a stroke
- A Heart Pacer inserted at my upper chest Mitral valve full replacement
In the past year and a half, I have had and still have many doctors that cared about me, both medical and holistic it’s because of their love……………………….. the love of family and friends, because of the many prayers that were sent my way, because of my close friends that took care of me, because of my change of diet and exercise, because I said no to negative people, because I listened to my inner soul….
On the week of February 3rd, I had another echo scan and after reading my report, Dr. Kevin Klassen’s word today were not good, not great.
His word was “Unexpected!” That’s exactly what he said……………. “This is not what I expected to see. This is beyond good! This is beyond great! I don’t know how you did it, this is UNEXPECTED RECOVERY!
Without saying it, he pretty much said… “Holy Shit!
He asked if I threw out the meds and was doing something else?
I said no, I have been taking my meds like clockwork, never missed a beat. I have also been dedicated to a holistic approach including functional medicine, acupuncture, and regenerative laser therapy and have been dedicated to everything they suggested and offered.
100% of my medical procedures (6 of them) we had planned out was supposed to get scheduled on that Friday by Dr. Klaussen, he was preparing to tell me which we should do first. All of them,100% of my heart surgeries got cancelled and no need to schedule anything in the future but a check-up in six months.
Ejection Fraction – 48% and NO A-Fibrillation. He said I really don’t know how you did it…
Then we talked about the many ways SPAM is cooked in Hawaii. Aloha. Cheers! See you in six months.
Thank You everyone for everything! Love You All!
Hug your loved one’s today and every day.
Maui Saito