I SURVIVED open heart surgery

After being diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), doctors surgically placed an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) into my chest. They told me that the battery on the device would last 7-8 years. Eight years later, I was 25 years old and an assistant basketball coach at Quinnipiac University, a Division 1 school in CT. The battery on my Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) was running low and it was time for a replacement. I went in for surgery in early August and it did not go as planned. I had another surgery the next day that went well and they sent me home. Little did they know I had contracted a bacterial infection during surgery. Weeks later I had to have my Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) completely removed which resulted in life saving open heart surgery. Click the link to order your copy of my memoir, A Big Heart! https://www.abigheartbook.com/product... Click the link to order your A Big Heart shirt! https://www.abigheartbook.com/product... Click the link to donate to In A Heartbeat and HELP US SAVE LIVES! https://inaheartbeat.networkforgood.c... Click the link to book Mike to speak at your next event! https://www.abigheartbook.com/contact