@maverick1791
My husband had his EVAR for AAA on 10/8. The procedure itself went extremely well. No pain, no endoleaks so far. The surgery itself took about 2 1/2 hours. He had 2 stents placed and was discharged the following day 10/9.
On Saturday 10/11 he was complaining that he “wasn’t feeling right.” Had fullness in his stomach and was constipated. He took a laxative and proceeded to have diarrhea and was very light headed, dizzy and complaining about not being able to move his feet. He couldn’t get up and I certainly couldn’t and wouldn’t even try. I called 911. They arrived and his blood pressure was in the tank, 87/52. He was pale and sweaty. I asked them to take him back to the medical center where he had the procedure for 2 reasons, #1 it’s a level 1 trauma center and #2 his surgeon was there and this medical center is the best in the Milwaukee, WI area. His dizziness has continued over the past couple days, was found to be in metabolic acidosis. Fluids, lovenox and decreasing his blood pressure medication was started. He’s doing better tonight. We walked the floor a few times, was up in the chair throughout the day and was able to shower. All scans look great, no complications from the EVAR procedure just scary as hell. You had asked for an update so there it is. The procedure itself couldn’t have gone better and we are very happy. He should be able to come home tomorrow.