About Me (In My Own Words)
Mike is 29 years old and recently had emergency open heart surgery. He wasn't feeling well and he went to the doctor. His blood cultures came back positive and his doctor told him to go to the hospital to be admitted for antibiotics. After further testing it was determined that Mike had a significant infection in his heart and on his aortic heart valve. He had emergency open heart surgery the next day. During his surgery there were complications with his lungs, he was put on a machine that acted as his lungs outside his body. He stayed in an induced coma for 4 days, he was taken off the machine and kept sedated on the ventilator for an additional day. When he finally came off the ventilator he was a little confused and thought the doctors were joking that he slept through the weekend. It has been 2 weeks since Mike's surgery. I am writing this journal for him in hopes of meeting/connecting with other heart valve patients. Oh...I am Toni.Rose his fiance. :)
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I am from:
Carol Stream, Illinois