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Cashmere - Jan 20, 2005 4:25:37 pm PST #6116 of 10002
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Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne, IN. My MiL went to their cardiac unit for stress testing and a weight loss clinic for cardiac patients. She liked it a lot.


Steph L. - Jan 20, 2005 4:28:08 pm PST #6117 of 10002
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Well, according to their Web site, they do heart transplants and cardiac research, so maybe that level of technology means that they also do the endoscopic bypass. That would be great.


Cashmere - Jan 20, 2005 4:33:26 pm PST #6118 of 10002
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maybe that level of technology means that they also do the endoscopic bypass.

That would be awesome. You have NO idea how relieved I was when they transferred her there from our local hospital. Of course they're not equipped for heart surgery, but it's not a very good facility, either.


Steph L. - Jan 20, 2005 4:34:53 pm PST #6119 of 10002
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Cash, is this the hospital? [link]

You have NO idea how relieved I was when they transferred her there from our local hospital.

Heh. Actually, I think I have a VERY good idea.


Cashmere - Jan 20, 2005 4:35:34 pm PST #6120 of 10002
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Yup. That's it.


Steph L. - Jan 20, 2005 4:36:47 pm PST #6121 of 10002
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It looks like a damned good hospital. When they have a cardiac wing, it's sad that cardiac problems are so common that a whole wing is warranted, but it also means you get really top-notch care.


Cashmere - Jan 20, 2005 4:38:14 pm PST #6122 of 10002
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It looks like a damned good hospital. When they have a cardiac wing, it's sad that cardiac problems are so common that a whole wing is warranted, but it also means you get really top-notch care.

Yup. And yup. DH has a friend from HS that was a nurse in the cardiac unit. She gives it top marks. Makes me feel better that she's getting treated there.


Steph L. - Jan 20, 2005 4:40:58 pm PST #6123 of 10002
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It's sad that I can say this, but bypasses are pretty much routine these days, which is good for your mom in the sense that it's a surgery that they've refined and improved to the point where it's honestly not as big and scary as the phrase "Open Heart Surgery" makes it sound.

Still. When parents do this, they scare the crap out of us, and I think it's to get revenge for all the times we scared them in high school.


Cashmere - Jan 20, 2005 4:51:08 pm PST #6124 of 10002
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It's sad that I can say this, but bypasses are pretty much routine these days, which is good for your mom in the sense that it's a surgery that they've refined and improved to the point where it's honestly not as big and scary as the phrase "Open Heart Surgery" makes it sound.

Oh, definitely. It's really amazing what medicine can do now. And that makes me glad. The knowledge calms me, somewhat.

Still. When parents do this, they scare the crap out of us, and I think it's to get revenge for all the times we scared them in high school.

Then I must have been an unholy terror as a child. Cause I'm getting a load of payback.

Heh. The phone rang when I was reading this post--Mom. She wanted to let me know they'd postponed her surgery and that she didn't want me driving up if it was going to snow all weekend. She was worried about me!


Susan W. - Jan 20, 2005 5:13:15 pm PST #6125 of 10002
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DH and I now have Annabel's cold. He left work at 3:00 because of it. At 3:00 I still felt fine, but I now have a sore throat and a cough.

Ugh. Time to megadoes the vitamin C.