Search results

Hey everyone, I'm baaaacccccck. So happy to be in the caring hands of the Cleveland doctors, nurses, housekeepers, food service workers, and volunteers. They cleaned out my wound and slapped on a wound vac, Going to have this with home care for two months. I'm following up with Cleveland the...

another surgery was unavoidable. Scheduled for the OR tomorrow with Dr. Pettersson, my heart surgeon in Cleveland to open up my incision, clean it out, and close it with sutures, use a skin graft from my leg, or possibly use a muscle flap if my sternum has damage to it. Thanks everyone for all...

You are right, my ID doc wanted to ship me back to Cleveland last Monday or tuesday, then Mr. Wonderful, plastic surgeon stepped in. We were planning for surgery last Thursday at beaumont,but the two surgeons argued and I was sent to the nursing home Friday. I forgot to mention that. Looking...

Okay so, I think the last time I posted was when I was readmitted to Beaumont in Troy, MI. I'm a registered nurse for Beaumont in Royal Oak, MI. Needless to say, I am completely disgusted with the way I was treated at Troy Beaumont and saddened at the level of care I received after sweating...

So most of my scar completely opened up and became very painful. I'm back in the hospital and after a 24 hour pissing contest, my infectious disease doc told me the other docs/surgeons on my team are unwilling to help me. My ID doc is going to try to consult other docs, but if that doesn't work...

I'm still contemplating how I will handle CCF. One of their schedulers called me, and I told them I was never coming back and was an inpatient at another hospital. LOL. Here is a pic of my incision line: edit- I need to find another place besides facebook to host the picture.

My insurance is okay, just has a high deductible and high out-of pocket maximum. Wow IV 24/7??? Are they monitoring kidney/liver function? My home nurse only comes once a week. I'm going to ask how much it would cost for a pump, because I've been warned that if I give it to myself too fast then...

Hi Lyn, I'm not going back to CCF for a variety of reasons, distance and cost, plus a hint of bitterness towards this whole thing developing. The care I received in the ICU was reckless, dangerous, and not up to standard. I had two fresh out of school nurses, because the charge nurse deemed me...

I first had OHS 4/2004 and had a bump free recovery. I'm not trying to scare people because I know a majority are bump free. However on 12/19, I had another AVR with root replacement. I returned home 12/23. I had a pretty painful Christmas, but I was home with family and grateful for that...

Lol, about the voice thing. I thought my voice sounded like Michael Jackson's for about four days. Avr with decdron graft on 12/19. My voice still isn't the same. The pain is a little more severe for me this time. I'm not sure why? Possibly because I'm a redo. The suture sites where my three...

Out of surgery, third daypostop, fourth day here. I'm on the step down floor, which I'm thrilled about. The ICU could use some constructive feedback into organzung patient care/ disappear for two hours while they talk about getting drunk at the nurses station right next to you and are unable to...

Wow 12/19 must be a lucky day. I'm scheduled with Dr. Pettersson at CC using an On-x Monday. I'm 24 and my current bovine pericardial aortic valve isn't working after 7.5 years. Good luck Jordan & Jan! I will be talking to you both soon.

I will! We bought tickets for him and the I laws to see TransSiberian orchestra's Christmas. They do the Christmas rock show. Should put me in the right mood! Lol :-)

Been an interesting road since when I started feeling symptoms in September, but the time is now. My dad is flying into Detroit tomorrow. Get to spend a day with him, then we are headed to cleveland along with my wife and her parents. My inlaws are staying through the rough days, Monday and...

Hi Jeff Good luck to you tomorrow.look forward to hearing from you sometime this weekend. I'm heading to Cleveland Sunday, so if I don't hear from you, then for sure we'll be talking Tuesday or Wednesday. Trey

My surgeon is the representative for the PROACT study at the Cleveland Clinic. I think the study is rather limited, and I didn't want to increase my stroke risk. Also, I would have had to travel 220 miles for checkups, so I didn't want to do that either. It's a personal decision. I'm sure if...

Lame! Well I'll be on the flip side of that weekend. Going in on Dec 19th, for my AVR. I chose On-x too. Did they contact you about the PROACT study?

Thanks Lyn for the information, I decided not to take part in the study. The nurse wasn't very convincing in regards to the stroke risk. I just had a gut feeling that I should not do the research study. It's a 50-50 shot which group you would be put into, and I don't want to add stress to my...

Hi Nate, I posted this afternoon, but my kindle fire wigged out! Just take a deep breathe, and try to relax, focus on other things like music, and keep in touch with your family and friends. Most families and friends who have not been in the situation are unsure of how to help, so it's...

I met with Dr. Underwood, but they said the cardio will probably change by December 19th because of rotations. I kept pushing to be seen by cardio there post-op, but the preop nurses kind of looked at me weird. I'm still have yet to speak with the research nurse regarding the on-x trial, so my...