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Hi, I was just wondering, do you have an update on your sister?
I had an ascending aortic dissection as well as a decending dissection. All the way from my heart through to my left illiac. While I was at work.
My common carotid on the left is dissected.
I was in a. Medically induced come for 4 weeks, on a vent. The only real problems I had were that I had hallucinations for a couple of days and I had a swallowing problem which I had to have thickened drinks and pureed food.
I did not even go to rehab. Well not in patient anyway.
5 months later I had my chest cracked again.
I had to have aortic root repair and CABG.
I went on a cruise to Bermuda in between!!!
I would do the planned surgery again. In fact, someday I'll have to get my Type B Dissection fixed. I hope I get to have that planned!
God Bless