Over Labor day weekend my sister Charlotte and I both had heart surgery! We both had what they call a PFO which is a hole in your heart. Everyone is born with one but its supposed to close when your 2. 1 in 4 people have it and don't even know it, and some people never have a problem with it. The hole is in the part of your heart where the blood comes in to be sent to the lungs for purification. But some of this "bad blood" can leak through the hole and go to your brain causing all kinds of problems if there happens to be a clot. They think this is what caused Charlottes strokes, so hopefully with this fixed now she wont have anymore problems!
The surgery takes about 35 minutes, and they don't even put you out all the way! They go up an artery in your leg that goes directly to your heart and they plug the hole! We had to stay over night in the hospital, and they released us the next morning after an EKG. Its so amazing the things they can do!
Me right after surgery!
Jeremy chillin in the hospital!
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