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Hi all my new friends: My husband came home yesterday. It is as if a lightbulb was turned on. He is almost back to his normal self. He has a few cognitive problems (not bad), some numbness and tingling in his fingers, and his leg jumpst at night keeping him up at night. THE MAIN THING IS...

Thank you all! Chris, I think I'm going to need an advocate. It's almost as though noone's taking me seriously and I wonder if it's because of the age difference between me and my husband. Well, today we see the cardiologist.......

I know that I need to be more patient. However, since day 3 I have BEGGED for a neurologist to work with my husband. If I try to work with him on his cognitive, he gets impatient. He doesn't want me in that role. He wants a specialist. There has been improvement. He gets pt and ot and I...

Again, I thank you. We didn't get to see the neurologist, but we see his cardiologist tomorrow. I'm so confused at this point, I don't know which way to turn. Do you think I should just get him out of rehab and have the nurses come 3-4 X a week?

Oh my gosh. To all of you, I give all my thanks. My stress level is pretty bad, as today I thought we would finally see the neurologist and again, no. My husband wants out of the rehab, and as I feel they're not doing well by him, I may have to just bring him home and try to care for him...

Thank you, Agility. They've run cat scans and they say that no stroke is apparent. I think he needs an MRI, but I don't think they can do one for awhile after surgery. Thanks, again.

Hello all: I have just found out that we may finally find a neurologist for my husband. He went in for Open Heart Surgery two weeks ago tomorrow and his cognitive functioning is very poor. He is using the wrong words, wrong phrases, gets confused talking, etc. The doctors are saying that this...

Hi everyone: I got him into a rehab facility and his cognitive abilities do not seem to be doing much better. I have demanded a neurologist for as soon as possible. He's also being extremely difficult and combative. I stayed over last night, but am taking a break today and possibly tomorrow...

He's not doing well. We did get him into rehab, as the hospital was going to release him no matter what and he was alone for a couple of hours while I went and got my car from the hospital,etc. When I got back he was on the floor (he said for two hours, I think for about 45 minutes)having...

Thank you. I feel very angry that they went to him after I'd left the hospital and told him that he could leave tomorrow. I feel it was done on purpose to get him all excited and that I would find out after the fact. He needs more care, especially physical therapy and mental therapy. He...

Again, I thank you all. I went in today (Sunday) and he does seem better, yet he doesn't seem like my Type A personality husband. More subdued, also still a little confused and using words that don't quite work. When I got home, about 2:00 today, my husband called and he said that the doctor...

Thank you so much!!! The wound is open and blood was oozing out., They finally put a band-aid on it today. Do you think that the longer he stays in the hospital, the more chance for infection there will be? Or, would he have more chance of an infection at home? I can't wait for this to be...

Thank you all so much. Here's the update: I went to see him today and he was completely calm and much more aware of his surroundings. It was a pleasure being there with him. He even watched tv today, which he hasn't done in 4 days. The cat scat came out normal. The doctor said that he may...

He was moved to telemetry today and he was so agitated that he needed haldol. He is extremely unhappy. I know he wishes we had never had this done. I'm brokenhearted right now. The surgery lasted about 5 hours. He has been up walking, but not enough. They also did a cat scan on him today...

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments. My husband is 20 years older than me, yet I never thought we would be up against something like this. We just never discussed it. We were both looking forward to him having his "new" heart and he and I would resume traveling and such. I have...

I want to thank everyone who replied to me yesterday. It helped me at least get to sleep. I went back to the hospital today and my husband actually seems worse. He didn't remember my name and when asked, said the wrong year and basically got no questions right. They said that he's pretty far...

Thank you all so much! Obviously, I am so concerned about long-term damage. I think that would kill him. Thanks to all the kind people here.

Thank you so much for answering so quickly. Of course, I'm very scared. Now I'm reading all this stuff about when on that machine, that it can really affect your mind. I have expressed my concerns, yet the doctors do not seem particularly worried. Also, why was this never explained to us...

Hi! My name is Tovah. This is my first time on this board, but i have learned alot while lurking for a couple of weeks before my husband's surgery. Yesterday, he had his aortic valve replaced and a bypass. Today, he is very confused and unlike himself at all. He is using words that make no...