Martha Elkin was a patient who needed a quadruple CABG.
History[]
Martha had been diagnosed with multi-vessel coronary disease for which she needed a CABG. She and her husband were both worried about her surgery.
Right before her surgery, she thought about backing out, but Cristina talked to her and reassured her that she'd be okay and if she didn't have the surgery, she and her family would always be worried about when she'd die. She agreed to have the surgery and it was successful.
Relationships[]
Romantic[]
She is married. Her husband wondered how long she'd be asleep after her surgery.
Familial[]
She has at least two children. She didn't want to be a burden to her family in case something went wrong in her surgery.
Friendships[]
She has a friend named Donna who had a big surgery like hers and was never the same afterward. She was in a nursing home, unable even to feed herself.
Notes and Trivia[]
- She was 75 at the time of her surgery.