After Your Procedure

On your day of discharge, you will be given a packet of information. This packet has your personal care instructions, such as how to...

Your discharge planning actually begins the day you arrive at the hospital for your surgery and continues until you leave. On your d...

Once home after being discharged from the hospital, you want to take it easy at first and rest often to allow yourself the time to h...

You should look at your incision at least once a day. A good time to do this can be before or after you shower. In general, when you...

Your body has been through a lot since your surgery, and you may continue to see some changes as you heal. So when you notice someth...

Call 911 if you feel like something’s seriously wrong, such as: Severe chest pain that doesn’t go away when you take your medi...

After your cardiac surgery, your body is going to feel a little different in the days and weeks after you get home. Some of these ch...