May 8, 2007 enter hospital short of breath and have an angiogram that shows numerous blockages
May 11 open heart surgery lasting 7 hours and comprising of five bypasses and one valve ring support
May 11 -25 Life support as the Dr's cant awake me and they tell my family that they don't know if i'll ever come out of it
May 26 fourteen days after surgery I wake up
Still unaware of my situation i am weaned from all of my IV's
I am moved to a recovery floor where a groin infection plagues me
I am then moved to a rehab floor where upon complaining about a sore lower back a surgeon removes a cyst
June 13 my original surgeon looks at my incision and he sticks a finger in it up to his knuckle and then informs me that he is going to have to tiighten a wire holding part of my breast bone in place and so..............
June 16 i am back in surgery to tighten the wires holding my sternum and ribs in tact
I was home in July but dropped in our drive in August
Gee since then i was back in hospital with a massive infection and that resulted in them removing my sternum/breastbone in August again i was out of it (coma) for 14 days and the family was all gathered but i pulled through and was finally out of hospital mid october
I am still off work (don't know if I even have a job) but it is GREAT to be alive
I was implanted with an ICD pace/defib in July of 2008 and am part of a study from the Ottawa Heart institute ( RAFT study) I attended a Cardiac rehab exercise pgm and continue at a a diabetic clinic on a regular basis as well as quarterly visits to a Heart function clinic and cardiac implant clinic ...I was at a Renal clinic today ...our health care system really works when you need it here in Ontario.
May 11 open heart surgery lasting 7 hours and comprising of five bypasses and one valve ring support
May 11 -25 Life support as the Dr's cant awake me and they tell my family that they don't know if i'll ever come out of it
May 26 fourteen days after surgery I wake up
Still unaware of my situation i am weaned from all of my IV's
I am moved to a recovery floor where a groin infection plagues me
I am then moved to a rehab floor where upon complaining about a sore lower back a surgeon removes a cyst
June 13 my original surgeon looks at my incision and he sticks a finger in it up to his knuckle and then informs me that he is going to have to tiighten a wire holding part of my breast bone in place and so..............
June 16 i am back in surgery to tighten the wires holding my sternum and ribs in tact
I was home in July but dropped in our drive in August
Gee since then i was back in hospital with a massive infection and that resulted in them removing my sternum/breastbone in August again i was out of it (coma) for 14 days and the family was all gathered but i pulled through and was finally out of hospital mid october
I am still off work (don't know if I even have a job) but it is GREAT to be alive
I was implanted with an ICD pace/defib in July of 2008 and am part of a study from the Ottawa Heart institute ( RAFT study) I attended a Cardiac rehab exercise pgm and continue at a a diabetic clinic on a regular basis as well as quarterly visits to a Heart function clinic and cardiac implant clinic ...I was at a Renal clinic today ...our health care system really works when you need it here in Ontario.
