First post after bypass surgery(My Mother inlaw had surgery
The story for what its worth and any information you share would be appreciated by my wife Maxine and my self. My mother inlaw who is 8o years old had her surgery last wenesday. She was going in for a tripple bypass surgery and maybe the valve replacement. we were informed of her progress at different intervals in the waiting room. she was doing fine half way through we were notified they didn'thave to do the valve but they had to do the tripple by pass. The operation took a bit longer then usuall, they ran into a couple of glitches. The had trouble finding some appropriate veins. I know the had to take one from her arm one from her leg and I think A mamamory. after about 8 hours in surgery the doctor came to the waiting room to talk to us in a consultation room. He explained about the veins and one of the other reasons for the delay was my mohter inlaw developed irregular heart beat and they had to get her heart stabblize her berfore they continue. The doctor say every 50 or so patients there sometimes are surprizes. They didn't have to do the valve replacement but at the same time he mentioned that do to her taking pressure medicine for a long period of time the her heart became thick. and he said the next 12 to fifteen hours was critical to her survival, My mohter inlaw remained in the recovery room for quite some time from the surgery started about 8 in the morning on wen. and ended about 6PM she remained in revoery over night until the following night before they trnsferred her to icu. She is still on the breathing apparatus they are trying to ween her off itit now saturday morning. this is where it is at now. I would appreciate any input Stu