LauraS
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I don't want to go into what I went through because it is rare and one Aortic Valve Replacement surgery turned in two separate surgeries two days in a row. The hospital and doctors were amazing and I'm very lucky to be here today. As I said, it was a rare complication and I don't want to frighten anyone who is waiting. The important thing is I'm alive and I plan to stop and smell the roses every day for the rest of my life.
I know my chest was cracked twice - the first time 4" and the second time the full amount for the bypass. When I wake up in the morning, I am extremely weak and my breathing is shallow until I get moving around the house. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm also getting pinching in my chest but everyone tells me it's the healing. My chest is so numb and I just want to feel normal again. I know it will take time. I did have a lot of fluid they had to drain from outside my lungs due to the double surgeries and the pain I get seems to be where they stuck the needle in to drain the fluids.
I'm 58 yrs old and I watched 85 yr old people go home in 5 days! It was so depressing but thankfully I'm home now. The longer stay in the hospital enabled me to be able to get right in my bed with just some pillows when I got home. I'm having a lot of trouble with my two flights of stairs and can do about 4 steps at a time and have to rest. I was such an active person and I know I have to give my body time to heal.
Thanks for listening and thanks for the prayers. They were all needed.
I know my chest was cracked twice - the first time 4" and the second time the full amount for the bypass. When I wake up in the morning, I am extremely weak and my breathing is shallow until I get moving around the house. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm also getting pinching in my chest but everyone tells me it's the healing. My chest is so numb and I just want to feel normal again. I know it will take time. I did have a lot of fluid they had to drain from outside my lungs due to the double surgeries and the pain I get seems to be where they stuck the needle in to drain the fluids.
I'm 58 yrs old and I watched 85 yr old people go home in 5 days! It was so depressing but thankfully I'm home now. The longer stay in the hospital enabled me to be able to get right in my bed with just some pillows when I got home. I'm having a lot of trouble with my two flights of stairs and can do about 4 steps at a time and have to rest. I was such an active person and I know I have to give my body time to heal.
Thanks for listening and thanks for the prayers. They were all needed.