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good morning
hi! i always miss the good stuff!!!
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Hey, Y'all. Morning!
SO.... nothing to report this month.
It was the 1st round of really actively trying. Its ok. We're good.
And I need T&Ps. Mom has a bum ticker. Its partly self-inflicted (stress & getting "sick" nearly nightly for 15+ years, I'm not terribly surprised, we knew this was coming) and partly she's had issues for years from being ill for a long time (another story for another day). She has the same heart problem that John Ritter died from, and she needs a new valve at the very least. She's having a check next week where they go in through the groin to the heart to have a look-see and determine if there are any add'l issues. Sometime in May, she's having surgery. There's no putting this off anymore.
Call me Kat =^..^=
I saw the drama, and
Kat, thoughts and prayers for your Mom.
I work at the hospital and specialize in working with the Open Heart/cardiac patients. Let me tell you, the ladies normally handle the surgeries like champs! Its the middle aged men that don't follow the post op instructions and end up having to stay a long time.
I know heart stuff is super scary, but the surgeons roll out like four patients a day and they really like to be successful
Hope it turns out to be a relatively easy fix!
kat, your mom is in my thoughts!
i just went on C25K W9R2 and I had to keep stopping to walk it. Grr... I feel like I am backsliding with regards to my stamina!
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Good morning! Kat, I hope all goes well for your mom. Keep us posted.
We finally got to the new gym I wanted to try and really liked it. It's smaller, more intimate, but has plenty of equipment. We went during peak time yesterday and it wasn't even close to being half-full. I love that it is not intimidating at all. Plus, it's a hell of a lot cheaper than LA Fitness. I don't remember what we paid to join (over $100, at least), but it was $70/mo. for the two of us. Ouch! This one is $200 down and $20/mo for the two of us. It's $10pp more if I want classes, which I might do next year.
BAMFMrsB I hope your Mom gets the valve she needs and she gets better.
Good morning. I'm having a late work day today. I have a meeting at 7pm! Hopefully it will go well and they will follow through the designs selected.
thanks, everyone! I'll update when we know more.
OMG: she's going to be at Kennestone and she seems ok with the surgery, I think she's super scared of the pain/recovery time. Any ideas on how long she can be down? I read online 6-8mo. Also, is this a crack the sternum thing or less invasive? I believ its reobotic, but I didn't want to go into too much detail last night with her (makes her anxious!)
Call me Kat =^..^=
LOL, somehow this does NOT surprise me!!
T&P for you and your mama kat
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Morning!
Kat - Many T&P's to your mom!
Kat, sorry there's no BAMFBaby on board.
T&P for your mama!
The procedure through the groin normally just requires pressure applied to the site and laying flat for awhile after the procedure. I don't have as much experience with the smaller procedures.
When she has a valve done, they either crack the sternum or do a "mini valve" procedure that comes in from the side. Dr Cooper and Dr Myung are the surgeons at Kennestone. They are both Emory doctors, and they are both great. If I could, I would want to be the first case of the day, but I don't know how they pick the order, or if patients have any say.
The patients are normally come out of surgery, get stabilized, we slowly wake them up and get them breathing on their own again, pull the breathing tube out, and get them nice and comfortable. Normally, a couple days in the ICU, then they move up to the floor rooms, where the nurses will get them up and walking and ready to go home in like a week.
The most important thing is to encourage people to take nice deep breaths, even if it hurts, because that is how you keep the lungs inflated and pneumonia free! (do I sound like a respiratory therapist or what...) When I said the middle aged men have problems, it is honestly because they are wusses and do not take deep breaths which cause lots of setbacks... Women just seem to be tougher, and they bounce back quicker... they do what they have to do to get home
If you have any questions, I will help you out if I can
Nope. Sorry. You're going to have one GIANT baby on your hands. She needs a lot of "you have to do X now..." prodding.
She was very very ill ~15 years ago, so she is prone to pneumonia (it was a stomach wrap/lung issue then), so I'm ASSuming she'll be held longer in ICU to watch her lungs and her healing.
She DID mention the Emory docs for performing the surgery.
I'm sure I'll have more Q's for you later!! You're a big help, thank you!
Call me Kat =^..^=