Operation
I had a mini op on Thursday where the surgeon investigated my crazy arteries further. After several weeks of tests and discussion and changed minds the docs have decided. The list of things to fix is basically the same. However, both the bulging aorta and under-oxygenated section of my heart will be fixed in one big operation on Monday.
The surgeon came yesterday and laid it all out. Up until then, the aorta had been the sideshow, and the mis-placed artery the main event. Now, there has been a reversal: The fixing my aorta is both more urgent and more dangerous. He said he might sever one of my vocal chords, thus making it impossible for me to speak above a whisper. He said he might cut off the supply of blood to my spine and paralyse me. He said there was a 10% chance I wouldn’t make it through the operation.
I am fucking scared.