Copy and paste of my journey
May 8, 2007 enter hospital short of breath and have an angiogram that shows numerous blockages
May 11 open heart surgery lasting 7 hours and comprising of five bypasses and one valve ring support
May 11 -25 Life support as the Dr's cant awake me and they tell my family that they don't know if i'll ever come out of it
May 26 fourteen days after surgery I wake up
Still unaware of my situation i am weaned from all of my IV's
I am moved to a recovery floor where a groin infection plagues me
I am then moved to a rehab floor where upon complaining about a sore lower back a surgeon removes a cyst
June 13 my original surgeon looks at my incision and he sticks a finger in it up to his knuckle and then informs me that he is going to have to tiighten a wire holding part of my breast bone in place and so..............
June 16 i am back in surgery to tighten the wires holding my sternum and ribs in tact
I was home in July but dropped in our drive in August
Gee since then i was back in hospital with a massive infection and that resulted in them removing my sternum/breastbone in August again i was out of it (coma) for 14 days and the family was all gathered but i pulled through and was finally out of hospital mid october
I am still off work (don't know if I even have a job) but it is GREAT to be alive
I was implanted with an ICD pace/defib in July of 2008 and am part of a study from the Ottawa Heart institute ( RAFT study) I attended a Cardiac rehab exercise pgm and continue at a a diabetic clinic on a regular basis as well as quarterly visits to a Heart function clinic and cardiac implant clinic ...I was at a Renal clinic today ...our health care system really works when you need it here in Ontario.
I have been in touch with butterly50 and openchestman here on this forum both have had radical sternectomy and have given me hope in knowing that I am not alone. If you feel the need I can provide you with more personal contact information for us ( I say us as my wife may be better able to see it from your side) I will provide you with email info and from there we can send phone numbers...I think Sharon would be great to talk to as she was there all along doing the hard work while i slept LOL
May 8, 2007 enter hospital short of breath and have an angiogram that shows numerous blockages
May 11 open heart surgery lasting 7 hours and comprising of five bypasses and one valve ring support
May 11 -25 Life support as the Dr's cant awake me and they tell my family that they don't know if i'll ever come out of it
May 26 fourteen days after surgery I wake up
Still unaware of my situation i am weaned from all of my IV's
I am moved to a recovery floor where a groin infection plagues me
I am then moved to a rehab floor where upon complaining about a sore lower back a surgeon removes a cyst
June 13 my original surgeon looks at my incision and he sticks a finger in it up to his knuckle and then informs me that he is going to have to tiighten a wire holding part of my breast bone in place and so..............
June 16 i am back in surgery to tighten the wires holding my sternum and ribs in tact
I was home in July but dropped in our drive in August
Gee since then i was back in hospital with a massive infection and that resulted in them removing my sternum/breastbone in August again i was out of it (coma) for 14 days and the family was all gathered but i pulled through and was finally out of hospital mid october
I am still off work (don't know if I even have a job) but it is GREAT to be alive
I was implanted with an ICD pace/defib in July of 2008 and am part of a study from the Ottawa Heart institute ( RAFT study) I attended a Cardiac rehab exercise pgm and continue at a a diabetic clinic on a regular basis as well as quarterly visits to a Heart function clinic and cardiac implant clinic ...I was at a Renal clinic today ...our health care system really works when you need it here in Ontario.
I have been in touch with butterly50 and openchestman here on this forum both have had radical sternectomy and have given me hope in knowing that I am not alone. If you feel the need I can provide you with more personal contact information for us ( I say us as my wife may be better able to see it from your side) I will provide you with email info and from there we can send phone numbers...I think Sharon would be great to talk to as she was there all along doing the hard work while i slept LOL
