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tomkanis
Had the operation last week on Friday the 13th. All went well and I was out of the OR in about 6 hours. The surgeon said that the AV was almost monocuspid and would have caused some big problems in a short while. We put in a 25mm Bovine pericardial valve, and the TEE (wouldja believe they sent home a video copy of it with me) says it works well. Open-to-close time was about 6 hours.
Post-operative pain was a problem at first, so the second day is a blur, then things got better. Two bouts of A-Fib kept me in some extra time, and anesthesia-based nausea still is causing some problems. I can hold down ice-cream just fine-go figure.
So, I?m home, walking, eating and resting. Appointment with surgeon next Thursday. More as it develops.
Interesting notes:
1. Hey, you guys in prep, you missed shaving the outsides of my knees! Literally, they shaved everything else on the front of my body. Don?t they tell these guys what?s going to be done I the OR?
2. Every doctor buddy of mine showed up to check on me. The office sent three folks and two of my sportsmen?s? club guys came. There was a traffic jam in the room once.
3. Hospital food: both bland and expensive. Outside food: both covert and appreciated.
4. Guy next door: NYHS Class III CHF, AVR. 3 CABG?s, undiagnosed Type II Diabetic. Clueless? Hardly. An OB-GYN Surgeon.
5. Guy down the hall-In Cub scouts with me 50 years ago. Cool!
Tom in Cincinnati
AVR 10-13-06
Post-operative pain was a problem at first, so the second day is a blur, then things got better. Two bouts of A-Fib kept me in some extra time, and anesthesia-based nausea still is causing some problems. I can hold down ice-cream just fine-go figure.
So, I?m home, walking, eating and resting. Appointment with surgeon next Thursday. More as it develops.
Interesting notes:
1. Hey, you guys in prep, you missed shaving the outsides of my knees! Literally, they shaved everything else on the front of my body. Don?t they tell these guys what?s going to be done I the OR?
2. Every doctor buddy of mine showed up to check on me. The office sent three folks and two of my sportsmen?s? club guys came. There was a traffic jam in the room once.
3. Hospital food: both bland and expensive. Outside food: both covert and appreciated.
4. Guy next door: NYHS Class III CHF, AVR. 3 CABG?s, undiagnosed Type II Diabetic. Clueless? Hardly. An OB-GYN Surgeon.
5. Guy down the hall-In Cub scouts with me 50 years ago. Cool!
Tom in Cincinnati
AVR 10-13-06