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Steven is a husband and father of 5. He became ill Valentines of 2012 when a heart attack put him in CICU. We did not see this coming. Steve was a fit, visably healthy guy who worked 12 hours a day and often 7 days a week at Eaton's Belmond factory. He was in the middle of a 12 hour shift when he started to feel ill and went to lie down in the conference room. He made the decision to drive home and we took him to the local Emergency room that evening. Unfortunately, they sent him home with a diagnosis of back pain. He did not have the classic heart attack symptoms and he was having a very specific type of heart attack that dos not show up on an EKG. This meant that Steven spent the next 2 days suffering and I finally convinced him to allow me to take him to another hospital in a larger city. Within 5 minutes he was rushed to a major cardiac center.That is when our journey began. Testing revealed an aortic aneurysm, 90% blockage of the "widow maker" in his heart along with 2 other 100% blockages. Steve narrowly escaped the loss of his leg which was also suffering a 100% block and being supplied blood from an artery which had grown a collateral from his brachial artery in his arm all the way down to his leg. The only thing that saved him that saved him and his leg that evening is the fact that the surgeon decided he would stint him immediately and run tests due to the fact that he believed Steven had suffered repeated heart attacks over the previous few days.
Due to the aortic aneurysm we learned that Steven could no longer lift more than a gallon of milk which certainly ruled out returning to Eaton. We also learned that his best option for extending his life and keeping his leg is to have a bifemoral aortic bypass and removal of the aneurysm. This surgery replaces the arteries which branch off of the aorta and feed blood to the legs with artificial arteries and removing the aneurysm entails a great amount of blood loss and is difficult due tothe position on the aorta. We opted to monitor the aneurysm for a time. Rupture of the aneurysm is almost certainly fatal but the surgery is extremely high risk as well. The bifemoral bypass is also risky, with one in five dying on the table and a fairly high post-operative mortality rate as well. The time has come however for us to make the hard choices.The bypass will leave him on a ventilator for at least 5 days post op and recovery is a long one requiring many days of travel and therapy both pre and post op. The process has left the family with many financial burdens.
Although insurance covers some of Steven's cost it does not cover all of it, nor does it cover travel or make up for the lost income when trying to maintain the home. Anything helps even 1$ helps and we are so grateful to anyone taking the time to read this.
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