I (37F) am currently sitting in a hospital room next to my husband (38M), who will be having open heart surgery (bypass) within the next 12 hours or so. The last few days have been a whirlwind, with no indication it would come to this. We have a 1.5 year old son who is our world, and my in-laws are caring for him while I navigate this with my husband because I refuse to let him be alone in a hospital. I am so terrified. I’ve already crossed the breakdown stage — I’ve cried a million times. My husband and I have been married for 6 years this year. We’ve been through a lot together (10 years total this fall), but this is completely new territory. I had a C-section with our son in 2024, but I feel wildly unprepared and emotional about this in ways I did not feel when our son was born. I don’t even know what I’m looking for by posting this, but I don’t really have anyone to talk to or vent to and I needed to process it somehow.
For those who have been through this type of experience, I guess I would love to hear how you came out the other side of a major health event with your spouse and what your relationship looked like during and after. I am so scared but I am trying to be positive and focus on how we can get through this and be even stronger because of it. Thank you ❤️