A Little More Coherant
A Little More Coherant
I'm home! I'm home! Thanks for all of the great support and messages.
(Yes, Pfinsger/Pamela and Julia Hart are one in the same.)
I also posted the following on the achaheart.org message boards so please forgive the repetition. I just don't have the brain power to write two different posts.
It feels good. I wouldn't feel quite so good about everything if my mom wasn't here. She'll be staying with us for about a week. She was a cardiac nurse when she was pregnant with me, so she knows what she's doing.
My cats have decided that all of the flowers I've received make nummy snacks, so these have been put in our bedroom (the flowers, not the cats).
You all were right - I didn't feel like doing ANYTHING at all while in the hospital. So all of those movies and books I brought didn't even get looked at from across the room. I am going to attempt to watch a movie tonight - kind of a welcome home type thing.
I'm so glad that I'm done with surgery. I am really looking forward to posting and being a resource for those of you still awaiting surgery. I have to return the support!
There were some complications with my surgery. When they cut me open they discovered that my right atrium had fused to my breastbone. That required a but of finessing. As they were working they also discovered an atrial septal defect that they didn't know I had. Apparently the only way to know about this is to do an esophageal echo, something that I've never had done before. So they patched that up. There was also way to much scar tissue to bybass the heart in my chest, so so the heart-lung machine was connected to my femoral artery. I think that's it.
The echo I had yesterday showed that my pulmonary valve is functioning beautifully. There's no regurgitation whatsoever with the new valve. Hooray! Thanks, Dr. Dearani!
Well, I'm going to attampt to eat now, so I'll be signing off. I'll be back online tomorrow.
Have a great night!
