Today was my first day working at MGH. On
Mondays, Dr. M sees patients in the office. The first case I saw was
a post-op quadruple coronary bypass surgery patient who was doing well. The
next patient I saw was a pre-op Aortic Stenosis patient who will be getting a
bovine aortic valve replacement. Throughout the day, most of the cases I saw
were post-op patients who were coming in for a follow up visit. One woman in
particular had had retraction and replacement of the Aortic arch and restructuring
of her heart and blood flow, which according to Dr. M, is one of the
most complex heart surgeries that can happen. The pre-op cases included two
cases that aimed to assess whether surgery was recommended, one case was an
atrial septal defect (a hole in the heart) and the other a leaky mitral
valve.
One patient I saw was a man with aortic stenosis who we are operating
on first thing in the morning. He is receiving a bovine valve replacement.
During lunch I got to meet with some of Dr M’s surgical team as they
discussed upcoming surgeries this week.
Tomorrow
I get to scrub in and observe in the OR!
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