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brandy
Member
Username: Brandy3038
Post Number: 4
Registered: 11-2013
| | Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2013 - 05:30 pm: | 
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Hello everyone.. So my dad got his heart pump put in on Thursday and I guess everything is going ok. The doctors say everything is on track. They already got him sitting in a chair. The things that worry me is that he is very emotional and does not sleep well and still has some Vtacs (sp?) He often hallucinates and is very confused. For those of you that have the LVAD is all this normal? I know that this was a major surgery but I am constantly worrying and thought maybe if I spoke to other people with the LVAD they would be able to tell me a little about their journey after the surgery.
Please let me know if this should be posted somewhere else please. I am new to the board and want to make sure I post stuff in the correct forums. 
Thanks
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Hostess Risé
Board Administrator
Username: Rise
Post Number: 17940
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2013 - 06:13 pm: |
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Hi Brandy
You have posted your question in the right forum.
You might want to join our social network on Transplant Friends where there seems to be many lung LVAD/ and heart transplant warriors there.
http://transplantfriends.com
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Russ
Member
Username: Rjwitte
Post Number: 154
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2013 - 07:46 pm: |
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Hi Brandy,
Sounds like pretty normal progress to me. I think the vtac is common, I had a buddy who was in constant vtac after the implant, but it didn't matter, the pump did all the real work.
Between all the meds and the surgery, he will take a while to recover. I don't remember much for almost a week after surgery. I was told that the second day after my surgery I ripped all the tubes out (feeding and breathing) on my own. One of my first memories though is of this woman coming into my room, sitting down in the chair and starting to talk to me like an old friend ... I didn't have a clue as to who she was! Finally I asked and she chuckled ... she was the social worker and apparently this was the third time I had asked her who she was. I seemed pretty with it the first two times, she claimed, but I didn't remember I thing! Honest.
Hang in there and give the LVAD time to do its work. Your Dad has been through a lot and it is pretty major surgery. We'll be praying for you.
Yours,
Russ
Russ - Heart Txp, 1-1-1999
Univ. of Michigan |
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Russ
Member
Username: Rjwitte
Post Number: 155
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2013 - 07:54 pm: |
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Forgot to mention ... the anesthesia affected me differently each time ... one time I woke up and was just crying like a baby ... it can make you very emotional. Another time it was just like slowly waking up, very groggy. I think having strange and strong emotions is probably ok too.
Russ - Heart Txp, 1-1-1999
Univ. of Michigan |
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Pete Q
Member
Username: Ptquimby
Post Number: 41
Registered: 09-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, December 07, 2013 - 04:30 pm: |
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I agree with Russ. It took me about 2 weeks after my surgery to start to feel lucid. I had problems with VTAC, fluid in my lungs, and I was very week from being so ill to begin with. The third week after my surgery things started to pick up for me. Once your dad begins to heal from the surgery his body will start to recover from the poor profusion he had previously. It will get better.
Minneapolis, MN
My Blog: http://waitingforanewheart.blogspot.com
Diagnosed Dilated Cardial myopathy march 2002
LVAD implant April 4, 2011
Current pre- transplant, status 1b |
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