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Hello all? this is Lemonstuff?s (Stephanie?s) husband writing to tell you how her Ross Procedure went today. After a day in the hospital without any sleep they came to take her away at 6:30 am. So off to the waiting room we went. We then received a call from the OR nurse at 9 am that Steph had been in surgery for a half hour and now on the by-pass machine. The next call was 12:20PM to tell us that she was all done and things had gone great. We were told the procedure would talk about 6 hours? so 4 was a great surprise. She indeed had the Ross? as a regular valve replacement was an option if her pulmonary valve was not the correct size.
When the doctor rang 40 minutes later he told me that the things fit perfect? her pulmonary looked brand new and fresh, and that her Aorta looked old and nasty. All was good.
We then got into ICU at 2PM to check out our trooper. She looked great even with the hose shoved down her throat. My angle is so beautiful!! Anyway, they were already talking about her only needing ICU for a day if her blood preasuer stabilized and she could sit up later in the eventing. She was alert and could respond to things, but did not open her eyes very much.
Our next visit was at 5PM Est. She was much more alert!! They had already taken the tubes out of her mouth (I did not get the picture she wanted with the tubes in?. I will pay for that later!) and she was looking a huge amount better. She was talkative and opened her eyes even more.
Last visit of today was at 8:15PM. She looked awesome. Much more alert, he blood pressure was much better as was her heart rate. She was 90% there until they shot her up with the good stuff again.
The talk now is that she will be out of ICU by the afternoon and off to a room. It was also said that she is going so well she might be out by the magical 4 day mark. I just want to make sure that all is good before we roll out of the hospital? for once, this is not a race!!
She wanted to say thanks to all of you on the site who lent a helping hand. I wanted to extend my thanks to all of you for helping my new bride. Through this site she was able to get great information and connect with like minded folks. That helped so much I told all the doctors (and there were many of them) who watched the procedure about the site and that they should recommend it to their patients in the future.
I will post another update later in the week.
Thanks again,
Lemonstuff?s humble husband!
When the doctor rang 40 minutes later he told me that the things fit perfect? her pulmonary looked brand new and fresh, and that her Aorta looked old and nasty. All was good.
We then got into ICU at 2PM to check out our trooper. She looked great even with the hose shoved down her throat. My angle is so beautiful!! Anyway, they were already talking about her only needing ICU for a day if her blood preasuer stabilized and she could sit up later in the eventing. She was alert and could respond to things, but did not open her eyes very much.
Our next visit was at 5PM Est. She was much more alert!! They had already taken the tubes out of her mouth (I did not get the picture she wanted with the tubes in?. I will pay for that later!) and she was looking a huge amount better. She was talkative and opened her eyes even more.
Last visit of today was at 8:15PM. She looked awesome. Much more alert, he blood pressure was much better as was her heart rate. She was 90% there until they shot her up with the good stuff again.
The talk now is that she will be out of ICU by the afternoon and off to a room. It was also said that she is going so well she might be out by the magical 4 day mark. I just want to make sure that all is good before we roll out of the hospital? for once, this is not a race!!
She wanted to say thanks to all of you on the site who lent a helping hand. I wanted to extend my thanks to all of you for helping my new bride. Through this site she was able to get great information and connect with like minded folks. That helped so much I told all the doctors (and there were many of them) who watched the procedure about the site and that they should recommend it to their patients in the future.
I will post another update later in the week.
Thanks again,
Lemonstuff?s humble husband!
) was "did I get my Ross?". That's great news that the doctor said the pulmonary valve was a perfect fit. Make sure you get some rest yourself and keep us posted when time permits.
