My Gf Is Having
Open Heart Surgery, What Do I Get Her
After Its All Finished? She is having it tuesday. Im nervious. She tells me not to be but I am. What
gift should I give her
after she is finished. I was leaning on chocolates but I dont know.
Answer
A fluffy stuffed animal. After surgery (stomach or chest area) you need to hug a pillow or something when you...
and / or arteries is called open heart surgery. I am diabetic and had 5 by-passes 5 yrs ago and have been doing just fine. I was only in the hospital for 7 days after my heart surgery and was fine when I came home. both are not alternate to each other.
u better discuss with ur surgeon Open heart surgery is where they rip open the heart tinker with it. Bypass surgery is where they move the arteries...
the procedures are routine these days and fatalities are almost unheard of !
Hope this helps. By the way a positive attitude is worth a hundred prayers !!
Cheers Pete Open heart surgery is a very serious surgery. It takes hours to complete but the doctors are very skilled in what they do and most of the time (i cant say all but about 95%-99%) survive the surgery.
Now after the surgery, "Nanna"...
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was scared as hell. {even with me at her side, constantly explaining what they were doing}. She said it would be horrible not knowing what was going on.
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Why Does Personality Change
After Open Heart Surgery?
It has been very well documented that this does in fact happen. A lot.
Answer
mild brain damage occurs because during the heart surgery blood is rerouted into a heart lung machine. There it picks up mild contaminants or micro clots that lead to the damage. This can cause a change in personality.
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The risk is more related to the condition of the patient, not just the age. A healthy 80 year old is less of a risk than a sick 60 year old. its the anaesthetic and after infection from new superbugs thats the risk not so much the operation in itself. In the UK, bypass surgery and similar operations are very successful on all age groups. I am a respiratory therapist that worked in an Open heart unit...