zztimeout
Well-known member
Hi all,
Well here goes... I am a 41 yo male fit and born with a bicuspid aorta valve. Last echo showed ascending aorta was dilated to 51mm and time to talk to surgeon. Selected the two best surgeons in this field and the big day was 19th May. Well I woke up after having aorta replacement with valve spareing proformed. 2 days later they found a large clot pushing my heart and lungs to one side.. Went under the knife again and fixed the clot... 3 days later they found a narrowing of one of the coronary arteries was evident and was opened up AGAIN... this time they bypassed the atery by using another atery in my body. After closing me up the ECG went crazy.. Opened me again and all looked good.. Closed me up and same thing happen... Surgeon said whatever happened on the third attempt fixed the problem. They said it was touch and go for a while on the table which is very scary. I woke up two days ago and the echo shows all is good... Should be out of ICU today into a ward and then maybe in 4 days I will be going home.
I am so happy and grateful that I pulled through and my thanks go to all the crew that worked on me....
Thats my story
Cheers
Dave
Brisbane , Australia
Well here goes... I am a 41 yo male fit and born with a bicuspid aorta valve. Last echo showed ascending aorta was dilated to 51mm and time to talk to surgeon. Selected the two best surgeons in this field and the big day was 19th May. Well I woke up after having aorta replacement with valve spareing proformed. 2 days later they found a large clot pushing my heart and lungs to one side.. Went under the knife again and fixed the clot... 3 days later they found a narrowing of one of the coronary arteries was evident and was opened up AGAIN... this time they bypassed the atery by using another atery in my body. After closing me up the ECG went crazy.. Opened me again and all looked good.. Closed me up and same thing happen... Surgeon said whatever happened on the third attempt fixed the problem. They said it was touch and go for a while on the table which is very scary. I woke up two days ago and the echo shows all is good... Should be out of ICU today into a ward and then maybe in 4 days I will be going home.
I am so happy and grateful that I pulled through and my thanks go to all the crew that worked on me....
Thats my story
Cheers
Dave
Brisbane , Australia