Hayden
My name is Hayden
Johnson, I turned
the big 50 on March
8th 2005, I am a
Real Estate Agent
and Auctioneer in
Central Kentucky. I
am married to
Kindergarten
teacher, have a son
in College, a son in
High School and a
daughter in Middle
School.
In July 2004. I
suffered with what I
thought was a
stomach virus for
about 2 weeks and
then went to my
family doctor, who
diagnosed me with
acute gall bladder
and ordered
surgery. The day of
the surgery, the
doctor who put me to
sleep (I can spell
the big word, I
usually just call
them the gas
passer). Anyway he
told my wife that I
had something
abnormal about my
heart but it would
not affect the
surgery. Everything
went fine with that
and when I went back
to my family doctor,
I told him what the
gas passer had said,
so he ordered a echo
cardiogram which
showed that I had a
leaking valve and a
anyuresm that
measured 5.2 and
thus I needed
surgery. I went
through the month of
August having heart
caths, TEE and
several other test
as the heart surgeon
wanted to make sure
I had no infections
and he wanted some
past due teeth work
to be completed
prior to surgery, so
on August 31st, I
had the surgery to
replace the valve
and repair the
anuyrsem. I really
had no problems and
was out of the
hospital in a week.
I was prepared not
to wake up if you
know what I mean.
I was doing good
for about a month
and then I started
having spells of my
heart speeding up.
At one point it got
up to 288, lucky I
was in the ER when
that happended, and
I got a helicopter
ride to Jewish
Hospital in
Louisville and spent
the weekend to get
my rate adjusted. I
have not had any
problems since then,
just keeping my INR
adjusted and getting
over the period of
depression and the
clicking of the
valve.
My Surgery was at
Jewish Hospital in
Louisville Kentucky
and my doctor was
Sebastin Pagni. He
was great!! I hope
this helps somebody.
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