TraceyT
Veteran Contributor
- Surgery
- Gastric Bypass
- Date
- 1/22/2020
- Start Weight
- 220 lbs
- Goal Weight
- 125 lbs
- Currently
- 109 lbs
- Progress
- 100%
Hi everyone! I've been away for a decent stretch.
My husband - who is my absolute everything, best friend, ride or die, partner in crime, wiggly bit - giggly bit- wobbly bit - no tit bit lover, had triple bypass. The day he went in for his surgery - which took 8 hours - supposed to be 4-5 hours. I stayed with him until he was discharged - 45 days later. He was only supposed to be in the hospital for around 7 days.
He had several very surreal problems in the hospital. He had 2 heart attacks on the operating table. They don't go to a recovery area after open heart surgery - they automatically go to the Critical Cardiac Care Unit straight from the OR. Prior to surgery he and I were told once he was in CCC unit he would be awake - the breathing tube would be removed. That is not what I walked in on.
Due to what happened in the OR he was given paralytics and kept sedated. The breathing tube was still in he couldn't move and he couldn't respond to anything. According to the surgeon he died twice on the operating table. Each time it took longer to bring him back. The heart attacks during surgery did more damage to his heart. The surgical team decided it would be best for him to remain on the paralytics and sedated until his heart rhythm could be normalized.
After a week on the paralytics and sedatives they decided it was not helping him or his heart, so they began to wake him up and back off the paralytics. They tied his hands and feet to the bed - I told the nurse and the Dr. that wasn't going to go over well with him. The nurse gave me a look and said "I've done this a time or 2 so I think I can handle this." I said I've been with this man FOREVER and you're 12 and have NO fucking idea what you're in for.
It was amazing to see his expression when he opened his eyes and he saw me. His beautiful hazel eyes were relieved - until he went to reach for me and he couldn't because bitch nurse tied him to the bed. I swear if looks could have killed - that 12 year old nurse would have burst into flames! The Dr. told the nurse to untie his hands - I said yeah YOU untie his hands. My husband forever the fun loving guy - crooked his finger at her giving her the come here lets do this. She left. She said she felt threatened.
His heart rate spiked several times. Each time they took more drastic steps to correct it. The first time they gave him medication that stopped his heart. I refused to leave - I held his hand through the whole thing. They said it would last about 30 seconds. I heard him sigh and his eyes rolled back in his head and he flat lined. That was a very excruciating thing to witness. It was over in 30 seconds. His heart rate was still too high.
The next thing was to give him a few days on medications to see if that would work. They did this for a week - it lowered it some but not enough.
They changed medication and waited to see how that how that would work. Like the other medication it lowered it some but not where it needed to be.
Then they decided they would have to put him to sleep and shock his heart in hopes of getting him back to a normal sinus rhythm. He told them either I went with him to the lab to do it or he wouldn't do it. So we went to the lab where they hook him up to the machine to shock his heart and told him that it could make things worse. But we decided to do it. They shocked him. Once again they stopped his heart. This time was worse because they had to shock him again to start it again. When it started it was in a normal sinus rhythm. We're home. He's recovering I'm catching up on my sleep. We're enjoying time together again. We're planning a cruise for sometime in the nest month or.
Hug your family members - love them keep them close. You never know when things will change!
My husband - who is my absolute everything, best friend, ride or die, partner in crime, wiggly bit - giggly bit- wobbly bit - no tit bit lover, had triple bypass. The day he went in for his surgery - which took 8 hours - supposed to be 4-5 hours. I stayed with him until he was discharged - 45 days later. He was only supposed to be in the hospital for around 7 days.
He had several very surreal problems in the hospital. He had 2 heart attacks on the operating table. They don't go to a recovery area after open heart surgery - they automatically go to the Critical Cardiac Care Unit straight from the OR. Prior to surgery he and I were told once he was in CCC unit he would be awake - the breathing tube would be removed. That is not what I walked in on.
Due to what happened in the OR he was given paralytics and kept sedated. The breathing tube was still in he couldn't move and he couldn't respond to anything. According to the surgeon he died twice on the operating table. Each time it took longer to bring him back. The heart attacks during surgery did more damage to his heart. The surgical team decided it would be best for him to remain on the paralytics and sedated until his heart rhythm could be normalized.
After a week on the paralytics and sedatives they decided it was not helping him or his heart, so they began to wake him up and back off the paralytics. They tied his hands and feet to the bed - I told the nurse and the Dr. that wasn't going to go over well with him. The nurse gave me a look and said "I've done this a time or 2 so I think I can handle this." I said I've been with this man FOREVER and you're 12 and have NO fucking idea what you're in for.
It was amazing to see his expression when he opened his eyes and he saw me. His beautiful hazel eyes were relieved - until he went to reach for me and he couldn't because bitch nurse tied him to the bed. I swear if looks could have killed - that 12 year old nurse would have burst into flames! The Dr. told the nurse to untie his hands - I said yeah YOU untie his hands. My husband forever the fun loving guy - crooked his finger at her giving her the come here lets do this. She left. She said she felt threatened.
His heart rate spiked several times. Each time they took more drastic steps to correct it. The first time they gave him medication that stopped his heart. I refused to leave - I held his hand through the whole thing. They said it would last about 30 seconds. I heard him sigh and his eyes rolled back in his head and he flat lined. That was a very excruciating thing to witness. It was over in 30 seconds. His heart rate was still too high.
The next thing was to give him a few days on medications to see if that would work. They did this for a week - it lowered it some but not enough.
They changed medication and waited to see how that how that would work. Like the other medication it lowered it some but not where it needed to be.
Then they decided they would have to put him to sleep and shock his heart in hopes of getting him back to a normal sinus rhythm. He told them either I went with him to the lab to do it or he wouldn't do it. So we went to the lab where they hook him up to the machine to shock his heart and told him that it could make things worse. But we decided to do it. They shocked him. Once again they stopped his heart. This time was worse because they had to shock him again to start it again. When it started it was in a normal sinus rhythm. We're home. He's recovering I'm catching up on my sleep. We're enjoying time together again. We're planning a cruise for sometime in the nest month or.
Hug your family members - love them keep them close. You never know when things will change!
