Welcome to my day to day journal of having open heart surgery.

When I started this blog I was not sure if I would need surgery but after many tests and doctors visits I had valve replacement surgery on June 23, 2010. I was born with a congenital heart defect, a bicuspid aortic valve. My blog reads backwards (like all blogs)....not like a story in chronological order...so go all the way to the beginning (here) to read about my history and how this all got started.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

A Delay

Got to the hospital at 5:30 am and got checked in.  The nurse came to waiting room at 6 and said there are 2 emergencies and my surgery will be delayed.  She is unsure how long of a delay but may be up to 5 hours.  While we were checking in and young guy came in with oxygen and said he was here for a lung transplant.  That may be the emergency but we do not know.  I think I will be ok for 2 or 3 hours but I am already wanting some water.  We will see how it goes.  I just did not want everyone to think there was a problem when an update does not come till much much later tonight.

2 comments:

Tammy said...

Hi Robin, Woke up at 5:30 this morning. Thinking of you!! So glad we were able to see eachother yesterday. It was great seeing the family. Thx for the update!! Did Cindy arrive safely?? Sending love your way!!
Tammy : )

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