
Helping McCaden after escape from hospital rehab
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As far as the story goes... I went in for what we thought was a pretty straightforward open heart surgery to replace one valve in my heart with a mechanical valve; when the surgeons got in there they found that both my mitral and aortic valves were bad and needed replaced. The process of those replacements caused my pulmonary artery to blow so they had to fix that as well. What was supposed to be a ten day total ordeal turned into 14 hrs on the Operating Room table on a heart lung bypass machine, multiple intubations, liver and kidney failure, 15 days sedated, over a month in Portland, 3 weeks at Vibra rehabilitation hospital in Boise, and a week in St Alphonsus in-patient rehab before coming home. The hardest part has been, because I was in a hospital bed for so long not moving my leg muscles shutdown as well so I am basically learning how to walk again and am currently using a combination of wheelchair and walker to get around.
These funds will help McCaden cover his out-of-pocket expenses during his hospital/rehab stays.
Thank You!
These funds will help McCaden cover his out-of-pocket expenses during his hospital/rehab stays.
Thank You!
Organizer and beneficiary
Daniel Hemmert
Organizer
Boise, ID
McCaden Hjelm
Beneficiary