Centro card\u00edaco e vascular da Southcoast Health,<\/a> que analisou as imagens e descobriu um bloqueio na art\u00e9ria que vai para o bra\u00e7o esquerdo de Johnson. Luke's Hospital para abrir o bloqueio em abril de 2022. Duas semanas mais tarde, o Dr. Pin reparou a dissec\u00e7\u00e3o da aorta, implantando um stent. Depois, em julho, Robert foi submetido a uma cirurgia adicional para reparar duas h\u00e9rnias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"Essas foram as \u00fanicas cirurgias que fiz na minha vida\", disse Robert, pai de dois filhos e av\u00f4 de quatro filhos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A pior parte da prova\u00e7\u00e3o, segundo ele, foram os meses de descanso for\u00e7ado e ociosidade. A leitura, os ca\u00e7a-palavras e o Sudoku n\u00e3o podiam substituir a vida ativa que tinha tido antes da cirurgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"N\u00e3o estou habituado a ficar sentado\", disse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robert tem-se mantido ocupado com o voluntariado desde que se reformou, em 2010, como vendedor ambulante da Frito Lay. Em agosto, ficou radiante quando lhe foi dada autoriza\u00e7\u00e3o para voltar \u00e0 atividade normal e p\u00f4de regressar ao seu empilhador na We Share Hope. Agora, passa pelo menos quatro dias por semana como volunt\u00e1rio na organiza\u00e7\u00e3o de recupera\u00e7\u00e3o de alimentos de East Providence, transferindo paletes de alimentos doados por empresas de reboques para o armaz\u00e9m. A organiza\u00e7\u00e3o distribui depois os alimentos a mais de 60 institui\u00e7\u00f5es de caridade em Rhode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tamb\u00e9m pode ser encontrado um dia por semana a supervisionar a constru\u00e7\u00e3o ou renova\u00e7\u00e3o de casas para a South County RI Habitat for Humanity, utilizando os conhecimentos de constru\u00e7\u00e3o que aprendeu com o seu pai. Para al\u00e9m das suas actividades de voluntariado, voltou a andar regularmente de bicicleta e de patins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Luke's e do Charlton Memorial, e do Dr. Pin\", disse. \"Ele est\u00e1 acima e al\u00e9m. Explicou tudo e p\u00f4s-me a mim e \u00e0 minha mulher \u00e0 vontade. Agora estou de volta ao normal.\"<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4474,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18030","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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