Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!) Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening... As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge. hugs, janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!) Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening... As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge. hugs, janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!) Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening... As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge. hugs, janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Thanks, Janet, for the update. So glad she came through it OK. I'm surprised they only made a small incision to get the leg vein. My husband had 5 bypasses in 1998, and they cut him from ankle to crotch. Maybe they are more considerate when performing surgery on a female. I'd like to think that at least. Happy New Year, Deanna Re: update on Cheryl >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!)Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening...As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge.hugs,janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Thanks for the update ~ so glad to hear that things went well and she didn't have any blockages behind her heart or in other 'hard to get to' places !!!! It was really sweet of you and Jackie to go and wait with her sisters !! Y'all are GREAT friends ~ NOT only GREAT TOPS friends !!!!! Hugs, Randie Re: update on Cheryl >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!)Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening...As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge.hugs,janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Thanks for the update ~ so glad to hear that things went well and she didn't have any blockages behind her heart or in other 'hard to get to' places !!!! It was really sweet of you and Jackie to go and wait with her sisters !! Y'all are GREAT friends ~ NOT only GREAT TOPS friends !!!!! Hugs, Randie Re: update on Cheryl >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!)Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening...As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge.hugs,janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Thanks for the update ~ so glad to hear that things went well and she didn't have any blockages behind her heart or in other 'hard to get to' places !!!! It was really sweet of you and Jackie to go and wait with her sisters !! Y'all are GREAT friends ~ NOT only GREAT TOPS friends !!!!! Hugs, Randie Re: update on Cheryl >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!)Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening...As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge.hugs,janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 >>>Deanna wrote: I'm surprised they only made a small incision to get the leg vein. My husband had 5 bypasses in 1998, and they cut him from ankle to crotch. Surprised me, too. I'm curious as to what they consider to be a 'small incision'. I mean how the heck would they just make one little incision and then pull the whole long vein out of there?? It would seem that they have to 'go in' from the other end of the vein to cut it. hugs, janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 >>>Deanna wrote: I'm surprised they only made a small incision to get the leg vein. My husband had 5 bypasses in 1998, and they cut him from ankle to crotch. Surprised me, too. I'm curious as to what they consider to be a 'small incision'. I mean how the heck would they just make one little incision and then pull the whole long vein out of there?? It would seem that they have to 'go in' from the other end of the vein to cut it. hugs, janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 >>>Deanna wrote: I'm surprised they only made a small incision to get the leg vein. My husband had 5 bypasses in 1998, and they cut him from ankle to crotch. Surprised me, too. I'm curious as to what they consider to be a 'small incision'. I mean how the heck would they just make one little incision and then pull the whole long vein out of there?? It would seem that they have to 'go in' from the other end of the vein to cut it. hugs, janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 I think too that they've come so far in their surgical techniques !!!!!! Hubby had quadruple by-pass in '91 and has a long scar on his leg as well as his chest. His brother had by-pass surgery a few years ago and they never stopped his heart beating !!! Can't imagine that !!!!! Also, he doesn't have the scars that my hubby has. AND when hubby had one of his carotids cleaned out in '91 there is a scar there ~ when he had the other one done a few years back you can't even see the scar !!!!!!! AMAZING !!!!!!! AND his last by-pass was done with a small incision in the side ~ dr. did one behind his heart ~ they didn't want to reopen the original incision cause of scar tissue !!! They are truly doing WONDERFUL things nowdays !!!!!!! Hugs, Randie Re: update on Cheryl >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!)Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening...As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge.hugs,janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 I think too that they've come so far in their surgical techniques !!!!!! Hubby had quadruple by-pass in '91 and has a long scar on his leg as well as his chest. His brother had by-pass surgery a few years ago and they never stopped his heart beating !!! Can't imagine that !!!!! Also, he doesn't have the scars that my hubby has. AND when hubby had one of his carotids cleaned out in '91 there is a scar there ~ when he had the other one done a few years back you can't even see the scar !!!!!!! AMAZING !!!!!!! AND his last by-pass was done with a small incision in the side ~ dr. did one behind his heart ~ they didn't want to reopen the original incision cause of scar tissue !!! They are truly doing WONDERFUL things nowdays !!!!!!! Hugs, Randie Re: update on Cheryl >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!)Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening...As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge.hugs,janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 I think too that they've come so far in their surgical techniques !!!!!! Hubby had quadruple by-pass in '91 and has a long scar on his leg as well as his chest. His brother had by-pass surgery a few years ago and they never stopped his heart beating !!! Can't imagine that !!!!! Also, he doesn't have the scars that my hubby has. AND when hubby had one of his carotids cleaned out in '91 there is a scar there ~ when he had the other one done a few years back you can't even see the scar !!!!!!! AMAZING !!!!!!! AND his last by-pass was done with a small incision in the side ~ dr. did one behind his heart ~ they didn't want to reopen the original incision cause of scar tissue !!! They are truly doing WONDERFUL things nowdays !!!!!!! Hugs, Randie Re: update on Cheryl >>>Randie wrote: let us know how Cheryl's surgery went Thanks for asking, Randie. (Hey, I like this font!)Copying and pasting an email that I sent out to my chapter regarding Cheryl earlier this evening...As some of you may already know, Cheryl's surgery was postponed yesterday. She arrived at the hospital bright and early Friday morning, only to find out that her surgeon was called into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. That surgery ended up lasting 12 hours. Cheryl was admitted to & White at 2 p.m. and taken to the OR for surgery at 7 a.m. this morning (Saturday). Jackie and I awaited the results of her operation in the ICU waiting room today with three of her sisters. A call came in at a little after 1 p.m. that everything went very well and Cheryl was in the recovery room. They ended up having to do the quintuple (5) bypass. They only had to make a small incision to the get vein out of her leg to use in place of the 5 arteries. Also on a good note... the arteries were all on top of her heart, so no need to do a lot of manuevering around it. She was to be moved to the Coronary Intensive Care Unit around 2 p.m., where she will stay for 24 hours before being moved to a room on 5 West. She will probably be in the hospital for a week. She will be receiving daily visits from a home health care nurse for a week, following her discharge.hugs,janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 >>>Randie wrote: They are truly doing WONDERFUL things nowdays !!! You're so right. Modern medicine is amazing!!! hugs, janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 >>>Randie wrote: They are truly doing WONDERFUL things nowdays !!! You're so right. Modern medicine is amazing!!! hugs, janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 >>>Randie wrote: They are truly doing WONDERFUL things nowdays !!! You're so right. Modern medicine is amazing!!! hugs, janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Glad Cheryl is doing well. Betty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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