// Take lock to access and update the heal-sequence
	h.mutex.Lock()
	defer h.mutex.Unlock()

	numItems := len(h.currentStatus.Items)

	// calculate index of most recently available heal result
	// record.
	lastResultIndex := h.lastSentResultIndex
	if numItems > 0 {
		lastResultIndex = h.currentStatus.Items[numItems-1].ResultIndex
	}

	h.lastSentResultIndex = lastResultIndex