Almost exactly three years ago, my husband and I learned that his heart condition that hadn’t changed in 16 years suddenly changed. In a matter of six weeks, he had his (we thought) routine yearly imaging, we had two appointments with his cardiologist and then with the surgeon, and, finally, he scheduled open-heart surgery.
It was terrifying. He was 51 – too young to need open-heart surgery! But that’s where we found ourselves.