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I'm preparing for the possibility of my dad dying tonight.

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Do you know if he had minimally invasive surgery?

The care people get in the ICU is not always adequate and it's a shame. I think your dad will be fine, but it's a tough situation especially for smaller people having heart surgery. I'm sure he has had some blood transfusions and with all the meds he is on it can really make you feel horrible, not to mention cardiac tamponade.

He should have his blood pressure monitored 24/7, I'm really surprised about that.
 
Originally posted by: rezinn
Do you know if he had minimally invasive surgery?

The care people get in the ICU is not always adequate and it's a shame. I think your dad will be fine, but it's a tough situation especially for smaller people having heart surgery. I'm sure he has had some blood transfusions and with all the meds he is on it can really make you feel horrible, not to mention cardiac tamponade.

He should have his blood pressure monitored 24/7, I'm really surprised about that.
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It definitely was not minimally invasive.

His blood pressure is monitored 24/7 in the ICU (intensive care unit) but decidedly not in the step down unit (regular cardiac recovery). They do it about once every 4 hours in the latter and use the old manual pump monitors.

When he was getting sicker and sicker in the step down unit his pressure still wasn't being constantly monitored though.
 
I'm glad to hear that he's doing better.

For the future keep a notebook of his medication when he takes them. When my grandfather was in the hospital with cancer we did this and we caught him getting doubled dosed once or twice. Never allow a doctor or nurse to just walk in and give the person being treated anything without explaining what it is, what the dosage is and how often they will be receiving it. The easiest one to miss is stuff being attached IVs.
 
Originally posted by: IHAVEAQUESTION
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Is there another, better, local hospital that you can have him transferred to?
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Unfortunately, there is no better heart hospital in the country, and therefore the world, than the Cleveland Clinic.

This sounds terrible 🙁
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Hope your father do well.

But seriously, you buy into the "we-are-the-best-in-the-us-and-hence-the-world" crap?
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based on training standards, and based on the fact that top medical professionals around the world prefer to work in the US (much higher pay), yes. We may not have the best overall system, but we have the best quality of health care, hands down.

It's not "crap to buy into." It's "facts one accepts." But don't bring that into this thread, k?
 
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: IHAVEAQUESTION
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Is there another, better, local hospital that you can have him transferred to?
Click to expand...

Unfortunately, there is no better heart hospital in the country, and therefore the world, than the Cleveland Clinic.

This sounds terrible 🙁
Click to expand...

Hope your father do well.

But seriously, you buy into the "we-are-the-best-in-the-us-and-hence-the-world" crap?
Click to expand...

based on training standards, and based on the fact that top medical professionals around the world prefer to work in the US (much higher pay), yes. We may not have the best overall system, but we have the best quality of health care, hands down.

It's not "crap to buy into." It's "facts one accepts." But don't bring that into this thread, k?
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I'm pretty sure you just brought it into the thread. Dick.
 
Damn that sucks...we have a family friend who was mishandled in the hospital and will forever be an invalid. His daughter just started college and his son is a junior in high school.

As for your dad - I'm glad that they caught it in time, hopefully this'll give you a chance to spend some good time with your family before you go off and do whatever wacky things you have planned.
 
for a supposedly world class institution, i hear a lot of anecdotal horror stories about the cleveland clinic

granted most of them involve the bengals and staph infections, but still

PS: keep a careful eye out for staph, just saying
 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
:heart:
Hope he gets better
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You know it's bad when olds is being nice. 🙁

I hope for the best.
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Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: IHAVEAQUESTION
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Is there another, better, local hospital that you can have him transferred to?
Click to expand...

Unfortunately, there is no better heart hospital in the country, and therefore the world, than the Cleveland Clinic.

This sounds terrible 🙁
Click to expand...

Hope your father do well.

But seriously, you buy into the "we-are-the-best-in-the-us-and-hence-the-world" crap?
Click to expand...

based on training standards, and based on the fact that top medical professionals around the world prefer to work in the US (much higher pay), yes. We may not have the best overall system, but we have the best quality of health care, hands down.

It's not "crap to buy into." It's "facts one accepts." But don't bring that into this thread, k?
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I'm pretty sure you just brought it into the thread. Dick.
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😕 I'm not the one that challenged my own comment. dude read into my comment, thinking he had something relevant to say. I more or less told him not to be a **** in this thread.

*looks at member name.

oh, right....why aren't you banned yet?

glad to hear he's improving FBB
:thumbsup:
 
🙁

I'm waiting for news about if my little sister (age 26) has breast cancer. We find out Monday. 🙁 🙁 🙁
 
Glad he's doing better.

My mom is a nurse so I've heard lots of crap.

A hospital she used to work at sent a patient home with internal bleeding once.
 
Sorry.

My dad passed away in Oct of 2003. I watched him wither away for 6 months and die miserably. I was actually happy when he was finally gone.

The only advice I can offer is lean on your family. Trust me when I tell you they can help.

EDIT:
Am sorry to hear your nurses are lacking. The ladies taking care of my dad were fantastic.
I even donated some money to their cause after I collected the life insurance. Told them to spend the money on themselves. Get a new fridge or couch for their lounge. Anything that would make their lives a little easier.
 
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