They say this isn't a good time to get sick and go to hospital. A close friend needed heart bypass surgery. He was scheduled to get it in September. That changed to October with six different surgery dates. Four were changed before he went to the hospital.
The fifth surgery was scheduled on the day our province told any health care workers that weren't vaccinated would be put on unpaid leave. He arrived at 11:30 AM to admitting for surgery. At the admitting desk he was told "the heart ward is in chaos"! He was scheduled for the next day at 5:45 AM. He went and waited in the surgery waiting room for four hours to be told "sorry, things are bad".
He was off his meds for a week and a half and told it was rescheduled for another week and it would be on Tuesday, November 1st at 5:45 AM. We saw his colour change and he really slowed down. He didn't look good at all and everyone was worried. He went in and at 7:30 AM and they started the four to five hour surgery. Seven and a half hours later it was finished! They found he had valve disease and one valve was closed and one was leaking!
The surgeon who operated called both his brother and son after the surgery. Then the head of cardiology at the hospital phoned both the son and brother! They both said the recovery will be longer but he should be golfing by next summer!
The hospital said this morning he's good! The first visit will be this morning at 11:00. You can only have one visitor for 30 minutes and it will be his brother who is visiting from Toronto.
In these times, it's wonderful to see the health professionals that are doing their jobs with such great dedication in such difficult times. Now for the long recovery!
