Kimberly's Journal

Susan Lynn  Welcome, Kimberly. I'm sorry to hear about your husband's diagnosis and the loss of your mother at such a young age. Rest assured, the advances in medicine have been significant since your mother's tragic experience. I'm sure you'll receive responses from the heart warriors on the site who have dealt with aortic aneurysms, but the one thing that is a constant for all of us OHS patients is that educating yourself about the options, surgeons, and facilities is key. The greatest comfort comes in doing your homework and knowing that you made the right choice for treatment. The best surgeon might be across town or across the country - interview as many physicians as necessary until you find the one that you trust. You've come to the right place for support and answers. Please feel free to ask any you may have.

Kimberly Kristensen  Thank you both for your feedback...I am trying to educate myself as much as possible. I worked for a doctor many years ago for almost a decade and he taught me to research and ask questions and don;t trust just anything people tell you. My mother passed after coming out of surgery and into recovery and had to be taken back in and she suffered a massive heart attack when they tried to take her off the bypass machine the second time. I have arranged to pick up a recliner for my husband so that he has multiple options to try and be comfortable once home. Today we see the surgeon to discuss scheduling. He is anxious, scared and depressed he told me yesterday. I think he just wants this to be over with. Having been told that he needed the surgery but he had to wait at least ninety days has been taxing on him. He is self employed so that makes it hard for him to plan when we don't know when and what. they have said he is a candidate for the "David Procedure". I will know more later hopefully.