Today is Monday, August 11th, 15 days before my surgery. I've had tomorrow circled on my calendar for a long time - it's my chance to spend some time getting to know Dr. Sam Balkhy, who will soon become one of the more important people in my life. Dr. Balkhy is the Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Wisconsin Heart Hospital, and he will be the one that will be performing my surgery. I have 5 pages of questions for him, ranging from "Have you dealt with bleeding disorders during this surgery before" to "Are you really going to shave my entire body? Why?"
I should also get some info regarding the complexity of my surgery - is the aorta being replaced as well as the valve? All of the aorta, or just some of it? Can they repair it instead? Any chance to avoid the breaking of the sternum? I've heard you've been using robotics at the hospital - will you be using it with me? Lots of stuff going through my head right now, and in less than 24 hours, I hope to have some clarity.
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