Women's Heart Health - A Warning

Ladies, I have a warning for you. If you have any kind of heart problems and have been prescribed a diuretic such as Lasix, then please do not forget to take it for even one day. My mother who has been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, where your heart does not pump out enough blood, did not take her diuretic for 3 or 4 days and wound up in the hospital. Her lungs filled with fluid and consequently they had to intubate her (stick a breathing tube down her throat) and medicate her for more than 24 hours. She pulled through this time but her doctor warned her that her diuretic "was her lifeline" and never to forget it again.