On friday Jan 13, we got the call we have been waiting for. We were having a nice lunch with new friends and fellow transplant recepient when just as we sat down to eat the phone rings. It was time, there was a heart available and we needed to get to hospital asap.
We arrive at 1pm, Russ gets prepped and then we wait. About 6 i think, he went into suregery. At 7:37 the surgery starts, all is going good he is doing well, about midnight the new heart is in and working well but there is excessive bleeding which goes on for 4 hours. By about 4:30 Russ is back in his room and resting comfortably. Most of Saturday, he was sediated but was awake and off breathing tube by about 4 pm. Doing good and watching football.
Sunday morning he hit a speed bump. He had extra fluid buildup and trouble breathing so he went back on breathing machine. He spent all of sunday on it but they are hoping to remove it on Monday.
One step at a time, one day at a time. Tomorrow is a new day with new challenges. He is a fighter, we will look back at this with so many thoughts of how far he has come. And what he has had to overcome.
About Us
- Russ and AuraLee
- 6/13/2013 UPDATE: A year & a half post transplant and going strong. Russ is doing good and back to work 6 months now. January 2012: We have a new blog, the newest one will be about our experience with receiving a new heart, we hope you join our journey. ******** In addition to our new blog I have put together a couple of blog sites that you can breeze through. One is about my husbands journey to a new heart while living with an LVAD and me as the caregiver. The second, I am putting together to share recipes for a healthy heart. So I am sharing the low sodium recipes we have found and hope you will share yours.
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