edjspi
Active member
It's official: I'm through my second AVR, operation was tues 9/7 and it is now sat 9/11... I'm at the hospital and looks like I will get out tomorrow.
Details: I was on heart lung machine for about 1:15, total surgery time about 5.5 hrs. Got the On-X valve as planned, needed NO aortic root repair, doc said that my heart looked great- not enlarged and no damage. Said my bovine valve was very calcified, and there was sig amount scar tissue that he was able to get rid of.
The incision is almost right down the middle as my first, but it is a little longer.
Complications: they removed my urinary catherher right after I recieved a epidural. The epidural was an Awesome suggestion by the head of the ICU team, it helped my chest and back pain almost immediately! But I've had to had the foley catheter re-inserted TWICE! OUCH!
Switched to oral from iV pain killers a few hours ago, so hopefully that works as well as the IV meds did, and the catheter removal is successful tomorrow and I will be HOME!!!
Thanks again everyone here for all your support and help!!
Eddie
Details: I was on heart lung machine for about 1:15, total surgery time about 5.5 hrs. Got the On-X valve as planned, needed NO aortic root repair, doc said that my heart looked great- not enlarged and no damage. Said my bovine valve was very calcified, and there was sig amount scar tissue that he was able to get rid of.
The incision is almost right down the middle as my first, but it is a little longer.
Complications: they removed my urinary catherher right after I recieved a epidural. The epidural was an Awesome suggestion by the head of the ICU team, it helped my chest and back pain almost immediately! But I've had to had the foley catheter re-inserted TWICE! OUCH!
Switched to oral from iV pain killers a few hours ago, so hopefully that works as well as the IV meds did, and the catheter removal is successful tomorrow and I will be HOME!!!
Thanks again everyone here for all your support and help!!
Eddie