ducas
New member
Hi everyone,
First I have to say what an amazingly inspirational site this is. As soon as my (soon to be) father in law was put in the hospital with bacteria in his blood and told his valve was the cause I have been trying to find a place with practical, compassionate data. To all of you regulars please know (from someone who was not expecting something like this) how wonderful a job you are doing and how much you have helped I'm sure hundreds.
On to our situation. He is only four days out of surgery (AV repair, MAZE, and artery clearing. The last two were kind of sprung on us once we got to Cleveland, where he had the surgery) and we saw him yesterday looking much better than we thought he would. He had his color, was up and talking, and needed limited aid to get up and move. He was nervous, though, which is different for him. He even said 'Don't be surprised but I'm not in any hurry to leave just yet...' All in all, though, he looked great. Today, however, we learned that they found fluid in his lungs and were going to do a procedure to drain I'm guessing. I'm basing most of this off of second hand info as he and his wife are in Cleveland while the rest of his family is in Wheeling, WV, about 2 1/2 hours away. So it's being relayed from the Dr to his wife, to my girlfriend, then to me. I'm not sure of the type of fluid, or the type of 'artery clearing' to be honest.
I'm mainly just wondering how normal it is for fluid build up after a procedure(s) such as this? Like how worried should we all be? Obviously we have been in a constant state of reserved excitement since hearing he made it through with no complications, so we are just worried I suppose. After reading some posts on here it seems like fluid build up is relatively common, with not too much rhyme or reason associated. But I also read somewhere that it could be a sign of heart failure?? Anyway, I apologize for rambling a bit. But I'm new to posting (long time listener, first time caller) and I wanted to be sure to express my genuine gratitude to this forum before going on.
Any help would be so welcomed. Thanks again everyone.
Best,
-Ducas
First I have to say what an amazingly inspirational site this is. As soon as my (soon to be) father in law was put in the hospital with bacteria in his blood and told his valve was the cause I have been trying to find a place with practical, compassionate data. To all of you regulars please know (from someone who was not expecting something like this) how wonderful a job you are doing and how much you have helped I'm sure hundreds.
On to our situation. He is only four days out of surgery (AV repair, MAZE, and artery clearing. The last two were kind of sprung on us once we got to Cleveland, where he had the surgery) and we saw him yesterday looking much better than we thought he would. He had his color, was up and talking, and needed limited aid to get up and move. He was nervous, though, which is different for him. He even said 'Don't be surprised but I'm not in any hurry to leave just yet...' All in all, though, he looked great. Today, however, we learned that they found fluid in his lungs and were going to do a procedure to drain I'm guessing. I'm basing most of this off of second hand info as he and his wife are in Cleveland while the rest of his family is in Wheeling, WV, about 2 1/2 hours away. So it's being relayed from the Dr to his wife, to my girlfriend, then to me. I'm not sure of the type of fluid, or the type of 'artery clearing' to be honest.
I'm mainly just wondering how normal it is for fluid build up after a procedure(s) such as this? Like how worried should we all be? Obviously we have been in a constant state of reserved excitement since hearing he made it through with no complications, so we are just worried I suppose. After reading some posts on here it seems like fluid build up is relatively common, with not too much rhyme or reason associated. But I also read somewhere that it could be a sign of heart failure?? Anyway, I apologize for rambling a bit. But I'm new to posting (long time listener, first time caller) and I wanted to be sure to express my genuine gratitude to this forum before going on.
Any help would be so welcomed. Thanks again everyone.
Best,
-Ducas