So this is what it looks like when you get sedated and don't remember a thing, yet you're still conscious. Similar to 'blacking out' to all my alcoholic friends! I gave the nurses permission to take some pics during my procedure. This was at the end of June.
I don't remember this! LOL
Dr. Kristofich performed my procedure. Don't remember this, either.
So this involves sending a tube down your throat with a camera attached , hence the esophagus, to take a closer look at your heart valves.
My nurse and Medic buds can read the monitor. Results showed excessive leakage in my mitral valve.
OK, so a month later, I go back to Straub to do an angiogram. No pics to show this time. Wait, I did find some I took. Forgot about these.
But my arteries are all good. No need for repairs there.
Dr. Lee Mitsumori, radiologist at Straub. Classmate and friend. Still looking the same!
Right before being sedated...LOL!
My team of nurses and Dr. Wesley Kai (in back with white coat).
Next step: Open heart surgery to repair my mitral valve on September 16. So it'll be back to Straub. I chose this and put the trust in one of Hawaii's finest cardio thoracic surgeons. While in there, they will perform the ablation. Consider extra added insurance for my heart.
See you after the surgery with updates. And hopefully more pics and vids.
