Battery Operated Grandma (Kay Brown)

This episode of BCEN and Friends lets you meet our friend Kay Brown.

Kay Brown is a 73 yr. old Grandmother, Mother & wife who is blessed with a caring family. Kay doesn’t mind telling her age because she says she worked very hard for all those years, and she doesn’t mind claiming all of them. She was a Commercial Property Manager until her heart issues made it impossible & she had to retire in her early 60s.

Kay was diagnosed with Cardio Myopathy (congestive heart failure) when she was about 55 yrs. old & told she had about 5 yrs. to live. Thankfully, the drug Coreg was discovered and extended her life for years.  As time passed, the congestive heart failure symptoms increased as it is a progressive disease.  In Sept 2016, she had her 1st heart failure episode and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.  From then on she was having heart failure episodes about every 2 months.  

They progressively got worse until the last of June 2017.  While preparing to go home from the hospital, another episode happened with left her on life support & unconscious.  One young doctor gave her husband a death message and said this would be a life ending experience.

The regular cardiologist knew that the only hope was a LVAD & she was transferred to Baylor in Dallas.  In a couple of days from arriving, they gave her the LVAD.  That was almost 5 years ago, and she is living a full life and thankful for God and the medical staff who have given her another chance to live.

Michael Dexter and Mark Eggers talk with Kay about her life with an LVAD. Listen to Kay as she tells you what an LVAD is and what it does. Kay also shares how important it is to be part of a support group.

This episode is called, Battery Operated Grandma

Kay can be reached on Facebook, Kay Alexander Brown – personal account

Also on FB, LVAD Support Group / of NW Louisiana & NE Texas

Kay is the creator and Admin