Sister Theresa Stickley awake during her livestreamed heart surgery

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Sister Theresa Stickley awake during her livestreamed heart surgery
Topic Started: Oct 29 2014, 01:58 AM (184 Views)
Darcie	Oct 29 2014, 01:58 AM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: Less than an hour after having heart surgery on Monday, Sister Theresa Stickley was alert and in high spirits, and was looking forward to going home the next day. "I'm feeling pretty good. I had a little pressure in the chest, that's all," the 83-year-old woman told reporters from her hospital bed, with the lead surgeon by her side. "When he told me there'd be cameras, I thought 'oh my goodness sake, just keep me covered,'" she said. Sister Theresa's aortic valve replacement operation, which went beautifully, was fairly unique in that it was broadcast in real time and observed by hundreds of cardiologists at the 2014 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Vancouver. It was even more unique due to the fact that the Squamish-based Sister was awake during the entire procedure. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sister-theresa-stickley-awake-during-her-livestreamed-heart-surgery-1.2815004?cmp=rss



agate	Oct 29 2014, 02:21 AM Post #2
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	This is amazing. My friend, Leona is awaiting valve replacement. Would be wonderful if she could have it done this way.



Darcie	Oct 29 2014, 02:42 AM Post #3
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	agate Oct 29 2014, 02:21 AM This is amazing. My friend, Leona is awaiting valve replacement. Would be wonderful if she could have it done this way. I think this was done in Vancouver Agate. She should print up this article and bring it to her doctor.



Trotsky	Oct 29 2014, 05:30 AM Post #4
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Surgery doesn't entail breaking the sternum And THAT's the breakthrough. The next step has to be for one of the commonest and most invasive surgeries: coronary bypass without sawing through the chest. When that can be done without splitting a patient open like a splayed Perdue Oven Stuffer, we will have entered the new millennium. (I told my cardio, if you cannot fix my artery/arteries percutaneously I FORBID you to slice me open or to allow any once else to do it. If you do not comply I will sue.) Edited by Trotsky, Oct 29 2014, 05:31 AM.



agate	Oct 30 2014, 11:41 AM Post #5
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	Darcie Oct 29 2014, 02:42 AM agate Oct 29 2014, 02:21 AM This is amazing. My friend, Leona is awaiting valve replacement. Would be wonderful if she could have it done this way. I think this was done in Vancouver Agate. She should print up this article and bring it to her doctor. I think it is still in trials Darcie but she certainly could volunteer for that, I sure would.



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