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Originally Posted by Betsy
Just one more if you will humor me. What is involved with a pacemaker and replacing it? I presume that it is major surgery.
And what is the recovery time? Do they have to go into the chest and cut ribs? A friend had to have open heart surgery about 6 months ago. When we saw him in the hospital, he looked like he had fallen onto the interstate and was constantly hit by semi's.
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Betsy...No, honestly, it's a fairly minor "routine" procedure..They just cut the surface skin, pop out the old Pacemaker but put in a new fully charged one. The only possible complications are infection...which is true for any procedure. The problem is mainly how bad Wendy felt while the old one was running out of gas....Super tired, short of breath etc. The whole thing is done as an outpatient, like having a biopsy or colonoscopy.Plus, we know the Doc who's doing it and we like him....he did her last one.
Thanks for all the good wishes !
Bob Welch(for Wendy Welch)