https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:52:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery/page/2#post-2170140 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:24:01 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2170140@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Nemosmom! His recovery will take a while, so I still appreciate the support!</p> <p>Joy, I’ve heard of people watching their own big surgeries. I’d be fascinated, and glad to enjoy the general anesthesia, but I guess some people are squeamish. By now I bet he’s using the crutches easily. It sounds like his apartment is much bigger than I picture a single guy in Japan living in. I hope he is doing well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery/page/2#post-2169963 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:05:05 +0000 nemosmom 2169963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Late to the thread, but glad to hear your dad is out of surgery and on the road to recovery.&nbsp; Sorry to hear you won't get to visit in person; hopefully you can connect over video at least. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery/page/2#post-2169935 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 05:38:41 +0000 Anonymous 2169935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FashIntern, he found out that they do some things differently. For example he was not given a general anesthesia for the surgery and watched it. PT has been mostly massage to help with leg and foot swelling and being given crutches and some tips on going up steps on them, but not down. They are too much for his little apartment so using them is difficult.<br /> I am glad that your dad is doing well. DH has the groin to heart method after a cardiac arrest about 20 years ago. They put in some stents. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery/page/2#post-2169877 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:06:07 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2169877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carla, check out my post just before yours about Canada </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery/page/2#post-2169860 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:39:45 +0000 Carla 2169860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Canada just posted some severe travel restrictions, including post travel Covid testing and quarantine (at traveller’s expense). &nbsp;I understand that you are planning on travelling to the US, but plan for extra time and $, and the possibility of getting stuck somewhere you might not want to be. &nbsp;Plus, there is the risk of exposure to the virus...</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-canada/news/2021/01/government-of-canada-introduces-further-restrictions-on-international-travel.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/trans.....ther-restr</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery/page/2#post-2169856 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:13 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2169856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Cindysmith! </p> <p>Joy, that turns out to be a very good point. We might not get to go, which will be very upsetting to my son. So far his school is still planned to start up again on Feb 22, and he has several major tests, etc that week. There is a minimum of 5 days quarantine for anyone who’s been in a high-risk area, which is how the US is, so it isn’t worth it to go. I haven’t broken it to him yet. I hope your son is doing well. With its aging population, I expected Japan to have a good system of in-home care; do they? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery/page/2#post-2169822 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:04:52 +0000 cindysmith 2169822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(((hugs))) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169590 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:52:20 +0000 Anonymous 2169590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you go, be sure that you can actually see your parents. They may be in quarantine, depending on the area. Also see if you and your son will have to be in quarantine to enter the US or to go back to Germany. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169565 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:25:16 +0000 Bijou 2169565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashintern, glad to hear that the op went well. I hope your trip to the US gets approved. Travelling at the moment is so tricky, but I am sure both of your parents appreciate all the effort you are putting in to see them again. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169557 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 07:35:01 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2169557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all again! Your comments are so helpful. I just went to the foreigners office (at 5:00 am in sub-freezing temps) to find out what happened to the application I filed a month ago. My son has school vacation the week after Valentine’s Day. We want to travel to the US, but can’t if our papers are not in order with that office. I expected to wait a couple hours, as per SOP, but instead found out they aren’t seeing anyone. No one but employees may enter at all. So I’ve emailed the application I filed around New Years to the copy shop, will pick it up when they open and take it to foreigners’ office to drop off hard copy before heading in to work. My son will be heartbroken if we can’t go, but it look like I might have to do that to him again.</p> <p>Joy, the initial valve replacement when my son was a baby was open heart surgery. For this, they went up through his aorta from the groin. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169537 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 03:23:57 +0000 rachylou 2169537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Irie (all right). Moving through it(!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169519 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:33:13 +0000 Joyce B 2169519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad to hear that things are going well with your Dad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169480 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:28:07 +0000 Anonymous 2169480@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another late to this thread. My DH had open heart surgery and, among other things, a new valve. Will your dad need to have open heart surgery to replace this valve? That alone could be scary. My thoughts and prayers are with he, your mom, and you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169472 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:34:21 +0000 Kate 2169472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another latecomer to the thread, but I'm so pleased to hear your dad is safely through surgery and doing well with his benchmarks. Hopefully he'll be back home Tuesday. I know you and your family must be really relieved. It's very tough to be far from family members when things like this happen. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169419 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:42:54 +0000 Sal 2169419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Late to this but pleased things are going well so far. Very hard indeed and I hope that Dad recovers smoothly - and your Mum is coping too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169406 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:27:46 +0000 Cardiff girl 2169406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gosh that’s tough.It’s so hard having anyone in hospital these days with all the added worry and restrictions.l will be thinking of you and your family and hoping for a positive outcome. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169360 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:00:41 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2169360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Bridgie! He is whipping through these post-op stations. My son and I can’t wait to go give him a hug, but I expect there will be some tough recovery before then, and they are t scheduled for their second Covid vaccines until Feb 17. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169355 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:42:09 +0000 bridgie 2169355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like everything is going well.&nbsp; Keep us posted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169322 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:56:53 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2169322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, all, for the comments. Each one is deeply appreciated. The case before him took longer than expected, so he had a wait and is in surgery right now. A nurse who used to scrub in on his cases when he was operating stopped by while they waited to say good morning and that she’d keep track of him. That makes me happy.</p> <p>Unfrumped, thank you for the suggestions. I gave him a kitty shaped lap warmer 1 or 2 years ago, think it was premature. Maybe they need to pull it out for him soon. Mom said she was taking the Uniqlo jacket I sent her this fall—he wears his all the time too, so I hope they took it today. He will be in a step-down unit until he’s in the room where mom can join him, so if he tries to remove the IV (I don’t *think* he’s that far gone, but it’s been a long time), there will be adequate supervision to prevent that. </p> <p>Joyce, the roads were apparently slushy and yucky, but not difficult for my BiL to drive on. I’m still glad he took them in!</p> <p>ETA. The valve is in! Other doc is still closing up. Dad is in his late 80s, but Mom keeps his diet absolutely on point; up til Covid he was exercising a couple times a week, though I’m not sure how much he can do these days. I think/hope all that clean living is paying off and will give him a good recovery. Right now he’s headed for cardiac intensive care. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169318 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:32:02 +0000 unfrumped 2169318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sending thoughts and prayers for uneventful stay and good recovery.<br /> Does he have a special soft “ throw” or similar that he uses at home? Pillow and case? Sometimes a familiar pattern and soft feel can make hospital bed seem more familiar. Lots of patients bring such items to hospital. Also favorite music.<br /> For more advanced dementia, some patients can hold onto/ “ worry” with a toy stuffed animal ( dog for someone who has pet dog at home, kitty etc) to distract from pulling at IV. Did not sound like your dad is at that stage, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169301 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:41:32 +0000 Joyce B 2169301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My best wishes for your Dad’s surgery and prompt recovery. I hope the road trip to the hospital was uneventful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169293 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:04:42 +0000 cjh 2169293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope your father does well in surgery and your mom is able to support and care for him. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169267 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 10:50:55 +0000 Minaminu 2169267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wishing your dad a speedy recovery! It's never easy when the family is spread in different countries. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169258 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:10:27 +0000 Sisi 2169258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish you all the best and send your Dad positive energy and prayers. I hope you will come back soon with good news. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169198 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:03:23 +0000 Tanya 2169198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a difficult situation.&nbsp; I hope everything goes the best possible way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169156 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 22:04:35 +0000 anne 2169156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a heart breaking situation FI. I wish him and the family all the best. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169152 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 21:59:50 +0000 Elle 2169152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so sorry you and your family have to go through this.&nbsp; A nurse may be able to help your dad make a cell phone call.&nbsp; I know they do that in my local hospital. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169132 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:56:00 +0000 bridgie 2169132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Emphasizing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169131 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:53:36 +0000 bridgie 2169131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashintern, Emphazing with you.&nbsp; Of course you worry about them.&nbsp; I hope and will pray that all goes well with both.&nbsp; And you concentrate on that nice young man you have and yourself.&nbsp; Hugs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ice-cold-heart-surgery#post-2169124 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:17:47 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2169124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suntiger, if all goes well and he passes his “test” the next morning, he will be able to go home then. Any other time my parents have had to go to the hospital, as happens as people age, he’s been able to take great comfort in familiar surroundings, having worked there for decades. But now many of the people he worked with are themselves retired, and I worry that he might not recognize where he is. Thanks for asking. </p> <p>Angie, thank you. Your empathy helps. I wish your dad and family all the best. Have you been able to visit during the shut down? </p> <p>Thanks Rachylou! Appreciate you commenting. </p>