Dad (85) had triple bypass last Friday and recovery is very slow
Hi all,
New here. My dad (85) had planned cardiac surgery a week ago today. He had 5 blockages and they bypassed 3, so triple bypass.
He was in ICU 4 nights and was moved to a normal room.
He seems almost worse each day?
He was told that average hospital stay is 7-10 days, but now we are being told that he needs to go to a rehab before going home because he is too weak, has incontinence, and can barely walk. Needs assistance of two people.
I am very concerned. This was a planned surgery but also came as a bit of a shock. He was practically symptom free prior to the blockages being discovered as part of a hernia pre-op prep.
This is truly awful. For the weeks leading up to the surgery I was a ball of anxiety thinking he’d die on the table.
Now I am worried he will die in recovery.
This sucks.
Hospital chaplain came to talk to me and now I am taking that as some kind of horrible terrible omen.
My dad considered not doing the surgery. But he was told that he was a ticking time bomb. So he did the surgery and here we are.
He’s a retired surgeon by the way. So I cant imagine what he’s thinking or feeling right now. I love my dad. Life is going to suck without him and yes i know in terms of dad years, I got spoiled