Greetings Again!
Medicine is mostly science…but not entirely. The human element of decision-making is crucial, as we discovered yesterday. Here is the bullet-point summary regarding my open-heart surgery (which did not occur today):
- The cardiac catheterization test was performed at 10AM Monday.
- Two significant findings emerged: (1) I do not need an aortic bypass graft because the coarctation that was seen on the echocardiogram was not significant, and (2) the degree of aortic stenosis present is not as severe as the doctors thought.
- With these findings, we deliberated during the afternoon Monday while I was recovering from the cath procedure, and with the long-distance assistance of my physician brother Brad, decided to postpone the surgery. THANKS, BRO!
- My cardiologist agreed with this approach, and she will see me for frequent exams and testing to determine when the stenosis requires correction.
- I am now able to look forward to a less-invasive surgical procedure to replace the aortic valve due to the elimination of coarctation as a significant problem. In other words, I will be left with three small incisions rather than an 11-inch full sternotomy scar when this is over.
Patti and I want to thank you for your support. I have heard from many of you, and your thoughts and prayers have been very comforting to us as we have been on this roller-coaster. I definitely will need aortic valve surgery at some future date, but we are feeling that we now have a strategy in place to manage the process, and that is very positive.
Geoff
Jeff, wonderful! Will keep you and Patti in our thoughts and prayers, and look forward to keeping in touch.
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