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Questions to ask before pediatric open-heart surgery
Some of these questions may be: Why do you recommend this treatment? What about aftercare? Recovery time? What to expect when I see my baby after surgery? Support after surgery? Potential risks? Survival rate? Experience of the team? What can go wrong and how often do they? How are we included in the decision-making process? How long is the hospital stay? Do you share your results publicly? And a few other questions.
I have been seeing a cardiologist at least once a year for the past 20+ years. I still have questions.
Sometimes when I walk out of the consulting rooms I think “I should have asked …….” And then I feel so stupid. Although it’s long ago my mother has told me how many questions she had before and after my open-heart surgery. So what are some of the questions to ask before pediatric open-heart surgery?
One of my best tips for you is, whatever you want to ask, WRITE IT DOWN BEFOREHAND. It does not matter if it’s on your phone on a piece of paper, napkin, scribble on your hand or a printed out questionnaire, which I have available for AFIB patients. Write it down somewhere. Sometimes shock and anxiety make you forget everything.
So here are some of the questions. And ….. There is no such thing as a stupid question.