Hope 1I NEVER KNOW HOW SICK I AM
June 21st 2007 22:43
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About 2 years ago I was in the hospital having open heart surgery. I listen to David Letterman and Regis Philben talk about how harrowing their experience was when they had the same surgery.
My surgeon had to make a path to put an artery in my heart. He did a 5 way bypass with 2 arteries. He told my family I would probably not make it. To make matters worse I had a young nurse that night and she wanted me to sleep through the night. She gave me extra sleep and pain medication and I quit breathing and would have died if it wasn't for the nurse's aid that called a code on me and they brought me back by putting that awful breathing tube back in.
I was hospitalized twice during this time, and had to have my lung drained on one occaision. I am very grateful for all of the hospital personnel that treated me with respect and helped me to get well. I really didn't realize how sick I was and how close I came to giving up the ghost. I don't remember being scared except for when they first told me I had to have open heart surgery, and then I wanted to go home.
Of course they said no lol. I just didn't see the big deal at the time. It hurt like hell and just lately I found out I have had an infection brewing under the scar for all this time. It turned into a cyst and broke open. It is now finally healing. I don't know I could have died a number of times, but yet I'm still here. I do sometimes wonder why but I prefer not to dwell on it. I must have something else to accomplish- What do you think?
My surgeon had to make a path to put an artery in my heart. He did a 5 way bypass with 2 arteries. He told my family I would probably not make it. To make matters worse I had a young nurse that night and she wanted me to sleep through the night. She gave me extra sleep and pain medication and I quit breathing and would have died if it wasn't for the nurse's aid that called a code on me and they brought me back by putting that awful breathing tube back in.
I was hospitalized twice during this time, and had to have my lung drained on one occaision. I am very grateful for all of the hospital personnel that treated me with respect and helped me to get well. I really didn't realize how sick I was and how close I came to giving up the ghost. I don't remember being scared except for when they first told me I had to have open heart surgery, and then I wanted to go home.
Of course they said no lol. I just didn't see the big deal at the time. It hurt like hell and just lately I found out I have had an infection brewing under the scar for all this time. It turned into a cyst and broke open. It is now finally healing. I don't know I could have died a number of times, but yet I'm still here. I do sometimes wonder why but I prefer not to dwell on it. I must have something else to accomplish- What do you think?
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