Sooooooo apparently the aneurysm is 5.1 cm. Found that out on Thursday after the T.E.E... where they tried to shove that camera down my throat while I was wide awake. That was fun. I guess my blood pressure was too low to sedate me. I ended up getting transferred down to the O.R. after two attempts of them making me try to swallow a camera. Ended up being at the hospital for 9 hours :-( All of that after the nurse blew a vein in my right arm trying to start my IV... I look like an abuse victim who is addicted to heroine. Awesome.
After much deliberation and stress, I held a parent meeting after my 5 hour rehearsal today and told them what was going on. Some of my students knew I had a "heart condition" but no details. Through the first public tears I've cried over this, I told them I decided to have the surgery as soon as possible and postpone the show an extra month so I can recover. Of course everyone was extremely understanding but it took every gut in my body to bring myself to break that news. I wish this never happened... but it is what it is. And, as the saying goes, "The show must go on..."
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