❤️ 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗦...𝗕𝗜𝗚...𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡! Exactly 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, I underwent my second open-heart surgery. I am Carin Andersen, Founder and Board Chair for Aortic Hope and I’m finally ready to share 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 of 𝑴𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆🫀 Part 1 took you through the fear, waiting, uncertainty and emotional journey 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘆. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲. The days in

TODAY...IS BIG! Just in time for #AorticDiseaseAwarenessMonth and as we begin the journey into the emotional side of Aortic Disease, we want to premier a "documentary" created by Carin Andersen, Founder and Board Chair of Aortic Hope and President of Think Aorta US. Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability. My Journey Back to Open Heart Surgery ~ Carin Andersen https://youtu.be/Ybe7pNy0vPM ❤️ I knew what open-heart surgery looked like. But knowing what to expect didn't pr

❤️🫀 TODAY IS #AORTICDISSECTIONAWARENESSDAY! 🫀❤️ And during #AorticDiseaseAwarenessMonth, we can think of no better day to share something incredibly special… 🎉 𝑨𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆’𝒔 8𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 “𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑰𝑺 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑯𝑶𝑷𝑬 𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑲𝑺 𝑳𝑰𝑲𝑬” 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐—𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒀𝑶𝑼! 🎉 And yes…a few adorable pets made it in too! 🐾❤️ Aortic dissection is serious. We know that not every story has the ending we desperately wish it did, and today we remember those