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ivybgreenflower) wrote2004-09-05 12:42 am
ivybgreenflower) wrote2004-09-05 12:42 am
Re: BC
Re: The media's treatment of Bill Clinton's heart bypass surgery
Let me tell you, the media is treating it like a bypass is a piece of cake. It is not. They're acting like he'll be just peachy in no time. Wrong.
Let me explain the procedure.
They slice open your chest from between the cleavage and keep slicing for about 12 inches. Then they make a large wound on the right side so they can stick something in. Then they go in the 12 inch slice and BREAK ALL OF YOUR RIBS. That's right, they break them ALL. So they can get to the heart, duh. Then they go down to your stronger leg and from the groin area down to the ankle they slice it open. Then they rip out a few choice arteries and close it up again. Then they go up to the heart and stick the arteries in where they're needed. See, other main arteries are super-clogged causing you to die slowly, and this prevents that. Then they take wires and wire your ribs back together and bandage everything up. Needless to say it takes about two days before you can sit up, and a few more before you can eat without feeling too sick. It takes roughly a week (or more) before you can leave the hospital. Then it's another week before you can drive, and then you have to drive with a pillow. And you have to do breathing excersizes for bloody freaking ever so you can make sure your ribs are ok. And it's a month before you're allowed to fly on an airplane again (air pressure could cause the chest to reopen, or something like that.)
Lovely, isn't it? You're left with a gigantic "stab" wound on your stomach and on the right side right underneath whatever cleavage you have, a footlong scar down your chest, and a scar running the length of your inner leg. Forever.
It's painful for the family of the patient, it's painful for the patient, and your insurance company will hate you forever. (we're talking 400,000 dollars here.)
This is what my family went through right before the sudden death of my uncle, Feb/March of last year. The patient was my father.
And people joke about this! Do you know how many chances there are to die during this operation? ARGH!
*shakes head*
PLUS, the hurricane RUINED EVERYTHING, it killed off my plans, made me stay up till FOUR doing homework, AND it's going to cause me to stay ANOTHER excruciating day at my grandmother's house. Sigh.
Ivyette @ 12:34 PM
Let me tell you, the media is treating it like a bypass is a piece of cake. It is not. They're acting like he'll be just peachy in no time. Wrong.
Let me explain the procedure.
They slice open your chest from between the cleavage and keep slicing for about 12 inches. Then they make a large wound on the right side so they can stick something in. Then they go in the 12 inch slice and BREAK ALL OF YOUR RIBS. That's right, they break them ALL. So they can get to the heart, duh. Then they go down to your stronger leg and from the groin area down to the ankle they slice it open. Then they rip out a few choice arteries and close it up again. Then they go up to the heart and stick the arteries in where they're needed. See, other main arteries are super-clogged causing you to die slowly, and this prevents that. Then they take wires and wire your ribs back together and bandage everything up. Needless to say it takes about two days before you can sit up, and a few more before you can eat without feeling too sick. It takes roughly a week (or more) before you can leave the hospital. Then it's another week before you can drive, and then you have to drive with a pillow. And you have to do breathing excersizes for bloody freaking ever so you can make sure your ribs are ok. And it's a month before you're allowed to fly on an airplane again (air pressure could cause the chest to reopen, or something like that.)
Lovely, isn't it? You're left with a gigantic "stab" wound on your stomach and on the right side right underneath whatever cleavage you have, a footlong scar down your chest, and a scar running the length of your inner leg. Forever.
It's painful for the family of the patient, it's painful for the patient, and your insurance company will hate you forever. (we're talking 400,000 dollars here.)
This is what my family went through right before the sudden death of my uncle, Feb/March of last year. The patient was my father.
And people joke about this! Do you know how many chances there are to die during this operation? ARGH!
*shakes head*
PLUS, the hurricane RUINED EVERYTHING, it killed off my plans, made me stay up till FOUR doing homework, AND it's going to cause me to stay ANOTHER excruciating day at my grandmother's house. Sigh.
Ivyette @ 12:34 PM
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*hugsx1000000* even though I'm sure that doesn't do much.
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