After heart surgery recovery - What is the BEST way to treat the patient?

It is a difficult time in recovery. Many men hate this because they feel out of control, and lots of men who have heart bypass surgeries are people for whom control of their life is important. So some of the irritableness is because of their feelings of not being in control. It is also possible to have some mild depression afterward. Read about psychological recovery after bypass surgery here: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1175/is_n9_v22/ai_6583426 So what should you do? First, don't take his response personally. Also, don't worry so much about saying the wrong thing. It is really going to be difficult to know what is the right thing to say. So just act like he is your father! Talk about current events, things going on, his plan for rehabilitation. Find out what he wants to talk about. Start helping him to do some things that he can have control over. As far as pain management goes, you should talk with his physician to make sure that his pain management is correct. He should have some pain, but it shouldn't be overwhelming. Find out also what the schedule for rehabilitation will be. When is he going to start cardiac rehab? Read more about bypass surgery and recovery here: http://www.heartinfo.org/ms/guides/16/main.html Hang in there.

hello, My son aiden is 14 months old he has HRHS, truicuspid atresia, vsd, asd and pulmonary stenosis. He had the BT shunt put in a few days after birth. he was in for 11 days, he just had the glenn operation april of this year he was in for 5 days. It just depends. During the recovery process things could happen to make the stay shorter or longer... Aiden's first surgery was a bit longer b/c he was only 4 days old and was having a few problems... Good Luck, and if u need to talk about heart stuff and u have a facebook u can add me Kristina Michele Daugherty... There are sooo many other parents on facebook with heart warriors... Us heart mommies gotta support each other....