What is normal after open heart surgery?

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My mother is a diabetic and went in to the hospital with chest pains, after about a week they said she most have open heart surgery asap. We all hugged her, she seemed totally fine, before going under. Now its been almost a month, shes finally of the sedation. But she has had clotting, 5 strokes, and had to go on dialasis many times. All of this happened after surgery. Her eyes are opened and crossed because of the strokes. She cant talk or move still. She just started to move one legg. The docs wont say she will recover but wont say she wont. They wont let us know whats normal. Whats happening, will she ever really wake up? She can hear I know that she gets tears in here eyes when she hears us or when we say bye. Something went wrong, its been so long, shes 46 and the 70 year old man who went in for the same surgery after her is already home I saw that with my own eyes. I feel like shes so strong and can recover, but another part of me when i see her makes me feel she is really bad, and she has had 5 strokes in a month. Can anyone ever recover from this honestly? It really seems that anything they said can go wrong has went wrong! pLEASE HELP

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

She can recover from the surgery.  How long will it take; who knows?
Her state when she does recover is another question.
The fact that she has had to go to dialysis and has had several strokes is not good.  
You say she is diabetic that is only complicating matters.
I would sit down with her doctors together and talk to them as a group and pose these questions to them.

Anonymous · Answer

This is definitely not normal. I went through a lot more than your Mom and may even need a heart transplant one day, but for the time being, I'm doing great. It's possible that blood clots could be the cause for the strokes and dialysis may be the result of heart failure, which is what I have--but heart failure is manageable. Either way, I STRONGLY suggest that she see another cardiologist for another opinion.  There's always the possibility that her heart surgery may have been unnecessary and that the doctors are messing things up. I was told by a nationally renowned cardiologist that there IS such a thing as a bad cardiologist. Get another opinion--fast.

? · Answer

The memory loss of your chum is via cerebral hypoxia. Cerebral hypoxia refers to a discounted supply of oxygen to the strategies. loss of psychological function is a consumer-friendly worry of open heart surgical technique. in this connection, that's talked approximately that between the hazards of heart bypass surgical technique is memory loss, loss of psychological readability, or "fuzzy thinking". So some cardiac sufferers choose Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (beating heart surgical technique) without using heart-lung device.

What is normal after open heart surgery?

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