Susan's Posts

I have not been on to update because I have been in a lot of pain. I am 8 days post op and I am home. While in the hospital on IV pain medication after the first day it honestly wasn't completely awful. The key is to ask for your pain meds before it gets bad. However, now I am home and I don't feel like I am doing as well as I should be. I have fluid on both lungs, it hurts to breath, and I am more tired and short of breath than I have ever been in my life. The pain is so bad, I don't know if I can do this anymore. I can't reach out to anyone right now but I am thinking about you all. Lise Bowles, I will try to call you in a few days when I hopefully feel a little better

This is Susan's husband, Alan. Suzie had her aortic valve replacement surgery on Wednesday. The surgeon came out about 4 hours after the start of the procedure began. Great news, all went well. One issue came up that no one was aware of, a hole the size of a quarter between the two upper heart chambers in the atrial septum. That was repaired as well. Her first couple nights were tough, not much sleep and a lot of discomfort . Today she seems much better, actually ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast and was able to keep it down. Just went for a walk and even a few steps on a staircase. Thanks everyone for your prayers and well wishes. Photos include pre-op, ICU and CCU.