Giving Thanks

TitanEddie · Nov 25, 2015

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US, just want to say first, I am thankful to be alive and to have all of the Thanksgivings to come that I would not have had,
I am Thankful for the awesome surgeon I had and the wonderful nurses and staff that took care of me when I was at my most vulnerable. Centennial Heart Center ICU staff will always have a special place in my heart,
Also, I am so thankful for this group and others like it. My diagnosis of BAV with severe stenosis came as a shock. Finding out I had to have open heart surgery scared the hell out of me,. Having groups like this for a reality check and to see the successes so many had really helped me to get through without being a complete basket case, Thanks to all that contributes to this site. I am forever grateful.
For those about to undertake this surgery know that there is a new life on the other side, I am better than I have been in years, Be thankful that this surgery exists and is so routine now, you get a chance people less than a century ago would not have had.

honeybunny · Nov 25, 2015

I couldn't have said it better. Happy bird day Eddie!

almost_hectic · Nov 25, 2015

I was thinking these very same thoughts today Eddie. Every year til now I had things I said I was thankful for. But this year I truly know what it means to be not only thankful but forever grateful. Grateful for my not only amazingly skilled, but very compassionate surgeon Dr. Paul Digiorgi and his entire staff and surgical team. As well as everyone on the 4th floor cardiac unit at Lee Memorial Healthpark Medical Center for being so caring, dedicated and understanding all while providing the highest level of care. I was truly blown away. Most of their names and faces have already faded from memory but I will never forget them.