Day 18 of Recovery - Home Time! Managing Blood Thinning and Planning Discharge
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Monday, 20th October 2025 - Day 18
Day 18 marks a rather pivotal week in my recovery journey - the final stretch at Kirchberg Hospital. For the past week, whilst I've had the benefit of an echocardiogram to triple-check the new valve and a pacemaker check with settings tweaked to bestow upon it a most agreeable 15-year battery life, the principal focus has been achieving what the medical profession terms the "therapeutic range" for blood thinning. Rather crucial, as it happens, when one has a mechanical valve ticking away in one's chest.