weekycat
Well-known member
I posted a while ago, about my 79yo mother's aortic aneurysm. She recently had an echo, and according to that, she's at 4.9cm right now. Her doctor is now sending both her AND my father to the Mayo Clinic for a consult with Dr. Lyle Joyce, on Monday afternoon.
My dad was supposed to have multiple bypass surgery last summer, but because of other problems, (he's been on coumadin for years because of A-fib, and something about having very small veins I think??), his cardiologist and surgeon could not agree as to whether that was the best option for him at the time.
Anyway, their GP is now sending them both to the Mayo to get checked out. I'm glad they're going and hope they get some definitive answers there. Mom says dad (age 78) is "perfectly capable" of driving them down there. It's probably about a 3 hour drive. I would kind of like to go along, just to be there for them, and some of my siblings have expressed interest in going as well. Mom said that was fine, but she thinks Dad would just as soon we didn't go.
Does anyone have any experience with Dr. Joyce, and do you think they need someone else to be there with them, even though they have each other? Thanks!
My dad was supposed to have multiple bypass surgery last summer, but because of other problems, (he's been on coumadin for years because of A-fib, and something about having very small veins I think??), his cardiologist and surgeon could not agree as to whether that was the best option for him at the time.
Anyway, their GP is now sending them both to the Mayo to get checked out. I'm glad they're going and hope they get some definitive answers there. Mom says dad (age 78) is "perfectly capable" of driving them down there. It's probably about a 3 hour drive. I would kind of like to go along, just to be there for them, and some of my siblings have expressed interest in going as well. Mom said that was fine, but she thinks Dad would just as soon we didn't go.
Does anyone have any experience with Dr. Joyce, and do you think they need someone else to be there with them, even though they have each other? Thanks!