K's health status

Tink · 11-02-2010, 10:31 PM

Update on K:
He has just agreed to surgery after a good talk with the surgeon.
They are trying to get him in ASAP, the valve needs to be completely removed and replaced. Could be possiblly as early as tomorrow, we are waiting for confirmation from scheduling.
He is of course very discouraged but I'm proud he's ready to fight. They are doing some last minute scans and then I imagine will begin prepping him for surgery. A hurry up and wait kind of thing.
Thank you for all your thoughts. Will update when I can. For now, I am just keeping him company here at the hospital and making sure they give him his mellowing medication so he doesn't go and change his mind!

smudgley · 11-02-2010, 11:15 PM

Thinking of you both as always. You have had a rough time recently. xx

Shelley123 · 11-02-2010, 11:18 PM

Wishing you and K the very best. Take care

Mags · 11-02-2010, 11:19 PM

Good news that K has agreed to surgery, I hope all goes well for him, Tink.

Thinking of you both ...((((hugs))))

alexgirl73 · 11-02-2010, 11:24 PM

So glad he has agreed to the surgery

Will pray for you both, and keep you in my thoughts xxx

dandysmom · 11-02-2010, 11:40 PM

Thank God he's agreed to the surgery; the alternative was horrible. But it took guts for him to decide to go thru that again after the really terrible time he had. I do pray it won't be as traumatic for him this time and that you'll have him home and well again. Lots of (((hugs)))

kado · 11-02-2010, 11:42 PM

Wishing you and K the very best. Take care

jane x

Moli · 12-02-2010, 12:16 AM

Best wishes to you both...Thought with you...x

Tink · 12-02-2010, 04:52 AM

Well you know it is bad when one of the best cardiac surgeons in the country tells you it'll be a miracle if he survives tomorrow's surgery and he's never done anything this extensive before.
To sum it up--
1) The surgery will be MINIMUM 12 hours IF it all goes "smoothly"
2) They are going to scoop out the sick/dead parts of his heart that resemble raw ground meat and then get human and pig parts and try to put it all back together again and see if it'll function..which is a big MAYBE
3)his metal plate holding his sternum together will be removed because it will attract infection as well with this immune disease he has and so they won't be able to close him up..and plastic surgery might have to figure out skin grafts so he's not open to the world
4)he'll never work again
5)he'll be in intensive care for at least a month
6)oh and that staph infection last summer around his heart where we opened him up and kept him open and you could see his insides move around with each breath? where he was screaming in agony and you could literally see his guts being held in with saran wrap? well that was NOTHING compared to what's in store...IF he lives.

i feel like my hearts been ripped out and handed to me.

Tink · 12-02-2010, 08:01 AM

his options were slow agonizing death or high risk surgery and at least die trying if he doesn't pull through. this is his last hope.
i keep wondering if i kissed him goodbye for the last time tonight. i broke down and told him to please don't leave me and fight. he was just silent with pain in his eyes. i wish he would have said something back.

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