How Long To Regain Consciousness After Open Heart Surgery?

Hi Adam, it’s your fan Leslie again … I had mitral valve repair and I went into surgery at 10 AM, came out of surgery about 6 PM (yes I was in there that long because it took nearly 2 hours just to prep me and I had the Da Vinci robot, which takes longer, and my surgery was more complicated than they expected plus they found a hole in my heart which they repaired_ whew)….anyway, I do not remember a single thing until 11:30 pm . But when I woke up I really woke up, I looked up at the clock first thing, saw the time, tried to say something and noticed I had this big ole ventilator in the way. The next hour was spent slowly being weaned from the oxygen in the tube and proving I could breathe well on my own and at 12:30 am out came the ventilator, yay! And I felt pretty darned good for what I went through.

My husband had an aortic valve replacement and mitral valve repair. Surgery took about 2 hours once they went on the heart lung machine and another hour to close. He was in intensive care less than an hour before the breathing tube was removed. I came back 2 hours later and he was wide awake and fully with it. He was talking non stop. He stayed that way all night. None of the other patients woke up that fast……it’s an individual thing for sure.

A friend of mine, online mind you, had a hole in her heart repaired and went in one morning and was about by lunch. Is this possible?

Hi, i had OHS just over a year ago, my op lasted 6 hours, i was finally taken to ICU at 5pm, my hubby came to see me coulpe of hours later, i was on a ventilater complete out of it, he stayed a an hour with me then went home. At 10pm that night i phoned home i cannot remember doing so, my son answered the phone as i have been told and my hubby asked who it was my son said its mum, my hubby said dont be daft i have just seen her in the hospital she was on a ventilater and the hospital said i would stay on it for about 12 hours, he took the phone off my son, and i said hi, its me im fine, have you had something to eat, then said im tired . love you, bye, after that i dont remember anything till i was moved onto the ward 3 days later, perhaps thats good that i dont.

my dad just had a mitral valve replacement surgery yesterday, the operation involved some complications such as calcification of the valve and blood vessel. his surgery took quiet sometime and ended around 3:30PM yesterday, till now (23 hours later) he is unconscious and we are worried, I am searching on the internet for clues since the doctor said it is something to be worried and they are trying. he is on ventilator and support. his blood pressure and heart rate is normal (however with support). this is certainly not normal ? but do you all know of cases of survival even after this ?