Joined June 27, 2014
Joined June 27, 2014
Karen says, "Scheduled to have my heart catheter on April Fool’..."
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Dr. Vinay Badhwar is a heart valve expert having performed over 3,000 heart valve repair and replacement operations during his career.
I totally understand, as I have felt concern when I didn't hear back from heart event patients ahead of us. Even knowing 1. there is a less than 1% chance anything will go wrong (God willing, of course) and 2. for the first week out of the hospital, something beautiful happens: there is a focus on the "here and now", and small advancements become major victories! Life becomes a heightened sense of gratefulness and peace, and every day becomes a new sense of recovery. Some days are good, some are not as good, but each day is definite progress. I see my mom getting better in major leaps every 24 hours, quite amazing.
So in sum, I think you should be positive, as it's not that bad. The fear is much worse than the reality.
Love,
Erica/Daughter