TRIPLE BY PASS

[BONNIE936]

HELLO, MY DAD WAS 76 YRS OLD WHEN HE HAD A TRIPLE BY PASS AND VALVE REPLACEMENT AT CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER IN NEWYORK CITY..USED THE TOP DOCTOR AND HIS TEAM, HE HAD THE SURGERY ON MAY14, 2008, HE DIED ON JULY25TH, 2008.HE WAS 11 WEEKS RECOVERED PRIOR TO THAT ALL HIS TEST WERE EXCELLENT ON JULY 1ST...ON JULY 24TH HIS PRESSURE WAS VERY LOW 70/54. ANOTHER DOCTOR IN BROOKLYN HIS INTERNIST SAID IT WAS FROM THE MEDICATION AND IT WAS O.K. TO GO HOME..HE WOKE UP DIZZY AND NAUSES..WENT UNCONSIOUS AND DIED OF CARDIAC ARREST....HE WAS MY LIFE..NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPEN ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS ...HIS RECOVERY WAS GREAT .AT 6WEEKS HE WAS AT MY KIDS GRADUATION PARTY!!!!!! we are so so lost there is no reason as to why this might of happened..any thoughts...heartbroken!!!!!!

[Darcy Green Conaway, MD]

I am sorry for your loss. Unfortunately,most people are "doing fine" even a very short period before they die. A blood pressure that low, however, may have been due to sepsis (bacteria in the blood).  Did he have an infection?

[BONNIE936]

HELLO AND THANKYOU SO MUCH ..YOU ARE THE FIRST TO GIVE US SOME CLOSURE HOPEFULLY.  HIS PLATLETE COUNT WAS HIGH ABOUT 500 AND HIS BLOOD WAS VERY THIN THAT WEEK, HES; BEEN ON COUMADIN FOR 3YEARS AND ITS ALWAYS BEEN MONITORED, THATS WHY HE WAS AT HIS INTERNIST, HOWEVER, HIS WHITE CELLS WERE JUST ALITTLE ELEVATED...ALL OTHER TEST WERE PERFECT, CARDIOGRAM, ECHO,. AND HE HAD NO APPETITE WHICH WE KNEW HAD TO DO WITH THE RECOVRY PROCESS..ANY OTHER THOUGHTS YOU MIGHT HAVE WOULD BE SO APPRECIATED WE ARE DEVASTATED..THANKYOU SO . SO MUCH.....BONNIE

[BONNIE936]

HELLO AND THANKYOU SO MUCH ..YOU ARE THE FIRST TO GIVE US SOME CLOSURE HOPEFULLY.  HIS PLATLETE COUNT WAS HIGH ABOUT 500 AND HIS BLOOD WAS VERY THIN THAT WEEK, HES; BEEN ON COUMADIN FOR 3YEARS AND ITS ALWAYS BEEN MONITORED, THATS WHY HE WAS AT HIS INTERNIST, HOWEVER, HIS WHITE CELLS WERE JUST ALITTLE ELEVATED...ALL OTHER TEST WERE PERFECT, CARDIOGRAM, ECHO,. AND HE HAD NO APPETITE WHICH WE KNEW HAD TO DO WITH THE RECOVRY PROCESS..ANY OTHER THOUGHTS YOU MIGHT HAVE WOULD BE SO APPRECIATED WE ARE DEVASTATED..THANKYOU SO . SO MUCH.....BONNIE