Moo and enlarged aorta 1st week post

[kailin]

Watched 1st post op echo yesterday. Totally amazing,

Not bump free have a longish scar and some arrythmia being handled with meds ESP diuretics

Today 1st day out of bed whole day mostly dozing in chair but 1 200 foot slow and assisted walk.

Expect to move to residntl rehab soon.

Not much appetite yet -- not worried,

Superb surgeon and team from Seacoast Cardiothoracic in NH and ME

Morelater. Time for stats.

 

[nngbwh]

Kailin, Great to hear your surgery went well. It's not an easy ride, but you pull it through. Your body has been through so much make sure you are taking it nice a slow.
Thanks for keep us posted.

Oink, Oink, Oink..................

 

[ottagal]

Good to hear from you. Hope that every day gets a little better for you.
One day at at time...

 

[Greg a]

kailin welcome to the good side of the mountain .....did wwe decide on a beer ....OH YEAH DRINK 'EM ALL

 

[epstns]

Yay Kailin! Welcome back! Don't try to push things too hard. . . just do what they tell you to do and maybe a little bit more.

And a hearty MOO right back to you!

 

[LeakyUK]

Click Click, You will be amazed how much more you can do each day, good to see you back.

 

[Chris M]

Good to hear all is going well for you!

200 foot tomorrow, probably a mile in a few weeks time, that's what happened to me, lol! :biggrin2:

Wishing you a steady and hopefully uneventful recovery. I promise you that every day gets easier/better!

 

[kailin]

In rehab ctre since Saturday. Firstt therapy today. Was hard but I think will progress well.

Surprised how hard to sleep. --feels like bod is saying, now that we got this fixed, what we doin' hanging around in bed? lol

 

[alesia]

Hey there! Glad to hear from you Kailin! Day 19 for me and sleeping at night is much better than the first couple of weeks! Mine was my back so i bought a massager and it helped alot. Take it easy and i believe that you will feel better soon!

 

[ejc61]

Great news kailin!

 

[Charlie]

Glad your doing well Kailin. I'm next week so I will be following your posts.

 

[Bean Counter]

Good to hear. Make sure you keep up on your breathing exercises.

 

[enkaynj]

Re. the bretahing exercise, I assume you got to take a spirometer home. just a tip if you already are not aware. When you inhale, the key is to do it real slow. You may see a BEST, BETTER & GOOD range on one side which indicates how slow you inhale. I also noticed that I can breath more as soon as I wake up as opped to later in the day when my tummy starts getting filled up.

All the best for a speedy recovery.

 

[epstns]

I also noted that after a "set" of exercises with the spirometer, my breathing was better and deeper for a couple of hours. I coughed less, too. This is probably because they deflate your lungs during surgery and when you wake up the lungs are not fully inflated for days or weeks. The deep breathing on the spirometer helps to unfurl the tips of the lungs and get you back to normal lung capacity sooner.