Long story short - in early Feb I had bacteria in my blood. Admitted to the hospital so they could quickly run testing that would normally take weeks/months to arrange as outpatient. It was supposed to be a 2-3 day stay, until they ran the tests and figured out the infection messed up my heart pretty bad and required open heart surgery (pretty shocking news to hear at 37 years old).
Had the surgery Feb 11, so today is three weeks post surgery. All went well, everything is fixed, and I'll make a full recovery and return to everything I was doing before. Been home for two weeks as of tomorrow, but heavily restricted on activity due to the chest incision and healing. Can't lift anything over 5lbs or reach my elbow above my shoulder. So, no smoking for a while for me - bummer, as I am missing the last bit of good weather before it gets really hot.
I did manage to grill some chicken thighs and burgers this week on the gasser with my mom as sous chef doing all of the things I can't do. Feeling much better so I'll be back around here more.
Had the surgery Feb 11, so today is three weeks post surgery. All went well, everything is fixed, and I'll make a full recovery and return to everything I was doing before. Been home for two weeks as of tomorrow, but heavily restricted on activity due to the chest incision and healing. Can't lift anything over 5lbs or reach my elbow above my shoulder. So, no smoking for a while for me - bummer, as I am missing the last bit of good weather before it gets really hot.
I did manage to grill some chicken thighs and burgers this week on the gasser with my mom as sous chef doing all of the things I can't do. Feeling much better so I'll be back around here more.