Mitral Regurgitation, Joined November 7, 2018
Mitral Regurgitation
Joined November 7, 2018
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Breathe easy Brian, I do believe you're in good hands. Just trust God to bring you through this.
He will.
No worries. Enjoy your Thanksgiving, you and your family, and please eat a piece of sweet potato pie for me! 😊
I'm in the hospital on Thanksgiving but I WON'T complain because praise God I am alive and I have a newly repaired heart!
LOTS to be thankful for.
For me, my breathing tube stayed in for 7 hours a ... Read more
For me, my breathing tube stayed in for 7 hours after my surgery was completed, only because I was having difficulty breathing on my own. It typically stays in for an average of 4-8 hours after surgery is completed and it will not come out until you are able to breathe stable breaths on your own. Yes, you are aware it is in there and you probably will remember it because you will wake up long before they take it out. It was very uncomfortable for me and because I have a strong gag reflex, I gagged a lot and everytime I did it hurt tremendously. Of course I had the full sternotomy so my chest was also very sore, which added to the pain.
From what I understand you are having a minimally invasive surgery so not quite sure how that will work for you. I found it helped to try to breathe as easy as possible and stay calm despite whatever degree of pain or discomfort you may feel.
The most pain I felt with the breathing tube was when they pulled it out. Oh my goodness!
It really hurt.
I hope your experience is a lot more smooth going for you Brian.
Just sharing my experience, which is probably not typical of the experience of most people.
I wish you the best.
And Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!