My Open Heart

By: Andrea Buginsky | Other books by Andrea Buginsky
Categories: Non-Fiction, NONFICTION
Word Count: 20,036
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Published By: Solstice Publishing

 

Growing up with heart disease can be difficult, but it does not always have to alter your life course. MY OPEN HEART is written for young adults growing up with heart disease. It's meant to inspire them to chase their dreams, to show that they are not alone, and, perhaps, to help guide them through the maze of life with heart disease. Parents of children with heart disease and other chronic illnesses will find support and inspiration within this true story. We are not alone.







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My Open Heart
My Open Heart

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Excerpt

I did eventually get to leave the hospital and was able to celebrate my 21st birthday at home on March 10, 2006. At that point, we decided that the best place to have my transplant was at Columbia Presbyterian in NYC, the hospital I had gone to for my heart problem when we lived in New Jersey.
Nothing was scheduled yet. The doctors were working on getting things set up. To be perfectly honest, I don’t know what was happening with what at that point. I just knew I was going to go to New York and have a heart transplant. I was also still not feeling well and having a lot of trouble eating. Kelly made BBQ ribs for my birthday party, and I think I ate one bite of one. I think I also ate one slice of my cake. But that was it.
When I started to get worse again, we went back to the doctor. They determined that the infection had not cleared up yet and that I needed to be hospitalized again.
During all of the time I had the infection, I was placed on a heavy dose of antibiotics. Because I wasn’t eating, that did a number on my digestive system. I had more problems with that than I care to remember. While I was in the hospital, I had a tube down my nose to help clean out my digestive tract and was fed through IVs. I couldn’t eat at all at this point. I was miserable.