Heading Back To Cleveland Clinic

Back in 2010 when Mom was diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy we also found out she had an aneurysm that was to be watched. So they have done just that. Every six months... off to our wonderful doctors at Stern Clinic for check ups. Well... As luck would have it.. the silly thing has decided to grow and it has a twin! Yep! There are now two. You see. Multiples run in our family.. I have a great grandparent that was a multiple, my cousin had triplets, my brother has twins and one of my sons has twins. So, why not. Mom has twin aneurysms. ♥♥ Hoping to have it corrected in Memphis our hopes were dashed this past fall when we learned they had become too large to safely correct with a traditional surgery. All of her tests and files (we rented a U-Haul for that) were sent to her cardiac surgeon at Cleveland Clinic who referred her to a vascular surgeon who referred her to another surgeon, well.. you get the picture. The short of it is, a week before Christmas last year (2015) Mom and I dashed up to Cleveland, Ohio for a consult about a new trial for a Stent Graft procedure for her entire aorta that will repair both aneurysms without any major open incisions. It is a clinical trial, but in its 10th year, so we have full confidence in the procedure. It will be a two part procedure with at least one week in the hospital each time followed by a six week recovery. It will be an interesting couple of months... The first surgery is scheduled for May 5. We head out for Cleveland the first of next week.  Mom, Dad and I will be traveling together. We appreciate all of your prayers and healing thoughts on this new journey.. I will keep you posted!