Day 1 Pre-Surgery ... Another Video

So, I got some more information from my cardiovascular surgeon this morning. First he sent his PA in ... wow! What a hunk of a hottie he is! He discussed options, and I told him that my mother was flying in from Maine tonight so she can be here for my surgery. He said Wednesday they were doing a few 'cabbages' so Thursday may be better. He will talk with the surgeon. 


Get this: He told me not to worry too much. He said he knows it's easier said than done, but "let us worry about everything because we've done this thousands of times" with that big straight-toothed, white grin. The man should have been a model for GQ, not a PA! He wrote me a script for xanax ... hope it helps my anxiety.


I'm scheduled for surgery on Thursday morning ... not sure what to feel or think currently. It seems that these past few days have flown by so swiftly! Wednesday evening I didn't even know I had CAD (coronary artery disease) and Friday morning I was being told I needed CABG (coronary artery bypass graft) How strange is that? I remember the tears pouring down my cheeks as I lay there listening in horror as the cath physician explained my two options ... or death. So surreal.


So, they came up to bring down for a CXR (chest x-ray) and now I'm back in my room just waiting ... waiting ... waiting. Now the time will crawl. OK, the following video is short, real footage, and really interesting ... I would love to watch one (not mine!) someday ... 


Peace, Love, & Blessings to All ✝ ✝


Kathi ♥ ♥ ♬ ♫ ♪

Day 4 Post-Diagnosis ...

Pictured in this photo are my two lovely children DJ and Katie ... this was taken many years ago when we lived in Las Vegas around Christmas. Now my babies are grown adults ... but they'll always remain in my hearts as my babies :)

I was doing what I needed to do yesterday and began having chest pains again. Thank God for my friend Julie (fondly, 'Jules') and my baby sister Lisa ... (fondly, 'Teensie') for staying on the phone with me and keeping me sane in the moment! Julie sped up from Deerfield to bring me to the hospital because the ambulance would not take me to the hospital of my choice ... where my doctors practice ... can you believe that? And they have the audacity to charge $300.00 for the ride!!!

Anyway, I'm safe and sound for now at the Heart Institute at Bethesda in Boynton Beach ... when I took a walk earlier in the halls I noticed that from this floor I can see the ocean ... magnificent! I'm grateful for my family and friends tonight. I'm even grateful for the nitro-patch that's giving me the headache ... lol. I'm grateful for my son and daughter ... they've brought many bouts of laughter to my Life, as well as joy and unconditional love only a mother can feel for her offspring :) Oh, and some tears, too ... the whole spectrum of feelings are wrapped in a beautiful package called Motherhood ... 


So, my surgeon will be coming to chat with me in the morning ... it's currently around 2 AM and it seems I'm up again for a while :( Not sure if they're going to do the surgery on Wednesday or Thursday ... still anxious, scared ... but I know I have absolutely no control and am feeling positive in the fact that that 'voice' which urged me to come to the ED in the first place last Thursday was one of my Guardian Angels. I would not have been directed to come and find out about these occlusions in the first place if I was meant to leave this Earth plane so soon ... 


No, it's obvious that there is still work to be done here! I am woman, hear me roar ... lol. So, I'm gonna try to get some sleep now. I have a long day ahead tomorrow ... and my Mom is flying down from Maine tomorrow to be here for my surgery. Wow ... you'd never know she's 72 years old, that Mother of mine! What stamina! What a picture of health! She rocks!
Sweet Dreams all ... more to come!
Kathi ♡