[elky] Open Heart Surgery, party & more...
- From: faithcubsmc2691@xxxxxxx
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:06:52 -0400 (EDT)
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My "big heart" has FINALLY won me a DATE...
...with a knife!
11/07/2011 = catheterization
11/08/2011 = my 4th Open Heart Surgery; Recovery time, ~2-3 months.
More information in a bit, but first...
DETAILING:
Anyone able to or know someone who will clean my 6 cars for me yet this October?
Since my "car season" will be over sooner than usual, I will not have time to
detail them, let alone get to 1,000 miles on each of them for what would've
been the 3rd year in a row.
PRE-OP FUN:
Who is IN for a "PRE-SURGERY PARTY"? Stop in for 5 minutes or all 5 hours...
~5:30p-10:30p
Saturday, 10/29/2011
@ Beef Villa
1225 W SPRING ST
S Elgin IL
http://www.beefvilla.com/
FB event:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103976313046427
NEPHEW TIME:
Hard to believe he will be THREE just a few days after my upcoming OHS:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2430260958146&set=a.2430259678114.2146020.1300282613&type=1&l=f202ae6938
...& now, BACK TO OHS NEWS....
I've been quiet because it took me time to process the news from my 09/29/2011
appointment with the surgeon, make some decisions & prep info to share. I'm
NOT scared, but I dread enduring another OHS so soon after my 3rd one ... and
I'm VERY frustrated/angry at the irony of how this will affect my
finances/plans/cars/vacation/road trips. I'm starting to "hate" my "big
heart", literally and figuratively. Remaining upbeat is tough with so much
happening and on my mind (other than the surgery). I HATE medical bills and
wasting time. Life is too short!
My surgeon appointment was originally scheduled for 09/15/2011, but that never
happened. If a friend of mine at the hospital hadn't sent me a message that
morning asking what time I'd be there, I wouldn't have known. She noticed I
wasn't on the schedule. So, I called and was told the surgeon was out of town
at a conference. They CLAIMED to have called me, but the number they told me
they called wasn't mine. UGH. So, LONG story short, the appointment was moved
to 09/29/2011.
The trouble my "big heart" has me in now:
My ascending aorta is 5.6 at the middle; 5.3 at the root.
The aorta (to the arch) & the aortic valve will be replaced with a tissue (cow)
valve; I will have a small farm inside of me! The Tuesday, 11/08/2011, surgery
will be performed by Dr Russell at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
This is different than my prior 3 OHSs, done at Chicago's Children's Memorial
Hospital...
...November 1977 ... 1st pig's valve installed to replace the pulmonary artery
I was born without
...March 1987 ... 2nd pig's valve installed (outgrew 1st one)
...January 6, 2003 ... 3rd pig's valve installed (2nd one too calcified) & 1st
pacemaker installed
My CHD Quilt Block:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/quilt.html
I appreciate ALL of the continuing support.
Good thing about the surgery is that I'll have plenty of time to read, WRITE
more of my Route 66 story, plan road trips, listen to music, etc.
Though, I wish I was on a ROAD TRIP or back on the RADIO ... or both.
My Route 66 story:
http://whenthegoingisgood.com/category/route66/
My road trip (& other) pics:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/roadtrips/roadtrips.html
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917
My radio show playlists:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/radioshows.html
All of the above linked from:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/
With so much happening, it's going to be a rough and fast few weeks. I have
LOTS to do [pre-op appointments, move stuff out of my room, drive my cars,
work, etc.], so I'll be online sporadically....
IRONY ROCKS!
Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic
[b]CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.models.RadioShows.legos.HO.us66[/b] =
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"Wonderin' what's real and wonderin' why" __ Andy & Terry Murray __ 'Treasures
For The Road'
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