I'm having surgery for my heart...
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2023
- Hey ya'll, a bit of a different sort of video this week. Thanks for listening and being a place where I get to process and share stories like this. It means a lot. ❤️
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Nah, not cheap at all. Health stuff can affect us at any age and sharing stories like these will help others feel less alone.
Thanks for making ME feel less alone you guys. 🥹❤️❤️❤️
And also create awareness for others to seek medical care should they notice anything unusual with their body.
I really appreciate the honesty and vulnerability of this video. It’s genuine because you’re not sugarcoating the situation. It’s important to share real moments like this because it reminds us all how important our health is at any stage of life.
I hope you have a speedy recovery!
Well thank you for the message. I really appreciate you being here 🥰🙏🏼
Baby Bean came along at the right time - you guys decided to come back home and Levi's alarm happened while back at home otherwise you'd still be travelling right!! Thanks baby Bean!! ❤❤ Speedy recovery!! Positive vibes
Woaaaaaah that’s true! I love this perspective! 🙏🏼🥰
I was thinking the same thing. 🥰😘❤️
I was thinking that too. Bean saved Mum & Dad a horror show of bills by making sure they were out of the US when the alarm went off.
You two don't have to worry about your authenticity. You come of as two of the most genuine people on the internet. Best wishes for a quick recovery!
Thanks for being here ❤️❤️❤️
It takes a lot of bravery to share such a emotional and private moment. ❤your helping a lot of folks. I personally have a massive fear of any surgery. Your journey really inspired me to be more brave with my health journey ❤
Well I hope so? It’s a tough thing and hugely mental right? I find I have a number of coping mechanisms that just get me through it that I need some time to shed off afterwards.
In the age of influencers sharing only golden amazing moments and not always real moments, this was refreshing. Don't feel like it's taking advantage posting things like this when you tell the story so well and are really just sharing a genuine moment with us. It helps others see the other side of life, and especially helps people see that it's OK to be vulnerable and that these things eventually pass and we can move on with our lives.
Thanks for the great content!
The tone and mood of this video was so different to normal, you can see stress was for you guys, thanks for keeping it real and i wish levi speed recovery!
Yeah… I was worried about that but I couldn’t just make the typical thing we publish. Thanks for watching 🙏🏼❤️
I meant it as a compliment though it came out very sincere and very real, i feel like if you tried to fluff over it it wouldnt of come across as genuine.
I’m an OR nurse and it’s actually quite helpful for me to hear patients perspective going in for a procedure. Speedy recovery Levi!
As someone else with long QT? I love hearing other heart stories! Please don’t feel off or awkward or is if it’s different content, because I enjoy it, and I’m sure other heart patients do too! Please keep sharing your story & know you are so valid and you matter! 🥰❤️🩹🩵🫀
Oh wow Levi! I have to admit, I started tearing up the moment I read the title and cried through the whole video. Logically, I thought you must be okay, because the video was released, but I couldn’t help myself. Thank you for sharing this intimate part of your life. Love and hugs to you, Leah and your family. ❤❤❤
Thanks so much for being here. 🥹🥰
@@LeahandLevi ❤️🥰❤️
Levii!!! I'm so glad you're okay and please don't worry about being non authentic. Just saying it means you ARE being authentic! I'm sorry you had to go through this. My mom just recently had heart surgery for her own irregular heartbeat. Scary stuff, but you handled it all like a champ! Huge hugs to you and to Leah!!!! You are amazing!!
Wow! Thank you for saying this and sharing your own story. Wishing her the best with her situation 🙏🏼
The anticipatory moments leading up to surgery, especially any *planned* surgery, are so strange. I'm glad you're taking care of yourself, Levi! Hopefully you can take it easy for a little while and recover in full stride. :)
I don't know if you'll see this, but I had heart surgery after multiple years of symptoms not being diagnosed. I know how scary it can be to go into surgery and I'm glad that you are able to go through this together! ❤️
Good luck in the future my friend. ❤️🥰
I'm 37 and got a pacemaker this spring due to several heart "pauses". Lucky I live in one of the best countries in the world! You are definitely not alone Levi, take care ❤
Be well. Awareness and educating the public as to health issues and walking them through the process is a wonderful thing!!
My Grandfather had several heart attacks, I was young and don’t remember him in and out of the hospital. I’m really grateful for our healthcare system and the people that made it possible for him to get a pacemaker. He lived many happy years afterwards. Sending y’all big hugs and a smooth recovery 🤗
We’re truly so lucky to live where we do ❤️❤️❤️
It’s important to be vulnerable and honest about your life. We do t want to hear just about the good stuff. Thank you for sharing your full journey with us. Glad your surgery went well and sending you all the healing vibes
Levi, authentic is your middle name. You will never have to worry about that! Speedy recovery and big hugs for both of you
Of course, we watched to the end… we wanted to make sure you were okay 💓
Heal up… we are here when you are feeling better & are up to resuming video making!
Thanks again for sharing your health journey. I’ve had my own struggles and hearing about younger people who have also dealt with health problems does make me feel less alone.
I’m glad your parents & Leah were there… I’m sorry they couldn’t be there in your room before & afterwards.
I caught that walking to the beach, your parents were holding hands and on another clip, you and Leah were holding hands 💕
I’m so grateful you were back in Canada for this surgery… much better option than other countries like the US where I am from…
Sending healing thoughts 💗 Take care!
Thanks Crissy... we're lucky. These times are emotional but having the family around makes a big difference. ❤
Wishing you a speedy recovery 🙏🙏🙏
Hi Levi (not the Strauss guy😂). Thank you so much for sharing your health journey with us (and hope Leah will do likewise with the birth and post-partum of Baby Bean). I couldn’t help but chuckle when you said you were more pre-occupied with making this video than with the upcoming surgery: spoken like a “true You-Tuber”. We all appreciate your authentic sharing because we care about you and Leah, and want to be there for you, if only remotely💕
Levi, thank you for sharing your experience with us. Raising awareness is always a good thing. Something like 1 in 500 people has an undiagnosed heart condition. I have arrhythmia and angina which is fortunately controlled with a bunch of meds. I hope your recovery is on track and you're back on deck soon. My very best wishes to you, Leah and your families. ♥
Thanks for sharing… I didn’t know those stats but reading the comments there is a lot of people who seem to have a connection to someone with a heart condition. ❤️
@@LeahandLevi 🥰
Thanks for sharing your journey! Not to say I enjoyed you having a heart surgery but I liked seeing this side of you, we don’t often like to be vulnerable but I feel that’s how you create real connections! Hope you are recuperating well! ❤
Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
Well wishes to you ,Levi! Keep being you and sharing your content. Baby will be glad someday! ❤
Levi, I appreciate you posting this video because I also have a Medtronic pacemaker/defib. I’m also coming to the end of my 5+ years and will need mine replaced in a few months. I am curious what you thought of the experience and what was your recovery time from your surgery. How are you now? I hope you are recuperating very well and will be back to your old self real soon. Thanks so much! I’m so sorry you have heart issues so young but it does sound like you have been doing so well. I’m not as lucky but I’m sure that’s because I’m so much older and I’m at the point my pacemaker is keeping me alive. Thanks so much.
Can totally relate! Also young and have had some crazy health issues that affect me all the time. I’ve got common variable immunodeficiency disease (not common) and hardly anyone knows. I don’t talk about it too much online either. Wishing you a quick & easy recovery!
Hopefully you’re finding a balance, thanks for leaving a comment. ❤️
Certainly not cheap - to the contrary, very real and raw... Your stress is palpable. Glad to see the surgery was a success. I wish you a speedy recovery!!!
Thank you for being here 🙏🏼
I think that was an honest and heartfelt video and now you all will have something to show the baby on the future. Heal well and happy it went well. Also, peace to Leah and your parents that must have been a lot for them.
Hey Levi! Glad you made this video. I remember way back in the spring of 1981 my youngest brother was 7 and had his Aorta repaired. He had a coarctation of the Aorta where it narrows for some unknown reason. They couldn't replace the section altogether because of where it was in relation to a major vein so they patched it like an innertube on a bike. Back then the surgery took a full 8 hrs and wasn't completely covered by our Ontario Healthcare Plan, it was still what they considered 'experimental'! That day was one of the longest days in my life, I was 12 and I think the worry aged my parents at least 10 years so I know what your parents went through with this surgery! Now he's heading towards 50 and the surgery they said he would likely have to have to enlarge the patch has never had to happen-yet! You are so lucky that they were able to identify what was going on with you and be able to maintain your health. All the best in your healing and yes, no pulling on anything in the trailer, time for you to supervise for a while!
Wow! Yeah there’s a lot of heart disease out there and it effects a lot of us. I’m happy to hear that he’s lived a full life already. 🥰🙏🏼
You are letting us into your lives and this is a part of it. I think everyone appreciates your sharing this with us. Life and all it’s complexities!
As a fellow young adult who had ohs last year, may your recovery be swift, and the sticky tape comes off easily. ❤️
Thanks for sharing. We're all just human beings, keep being authentic. Speedy recovery to you.
So glad you’re on the mend! Nurse Leah well done as well! Swift healing, and be gentle on yourself!!! I think it’s a good thing to share. Humans go through things beyond the always cool and wow stuff. Thank you for being open and willing. ❤❤
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Thanks for sharing and wishing you a speedy recovery💙
My prayers for you ❤ full recovery
wishing you all the best and a speedy recovery
Feel honored you shared this with us. Sending healing thoughts your way!
Hope you have a swift recovery!! Sending you guys good vibes from NY 💛🎈
Levi, I’ve been watching your channel for years now and your authenticity (among your other great qualities, and Leah’s) keeps bringing me back every week. Thank you for sharing this heart based aspect of your life. Please don’t feel too guilty for “making money” off of it. I’m sure the vast majority your team/community of viewers cares about you and are happy to help you financially (through views/Patreon) because we enjoy your (and Leah’s) content so much! However, one way to feel less guilty might be to donate the proceeds from this video to a heart association of some kind! Wishing you a speedy recovery! ❤
Thanks for sharing. Wish Levi a speedy recovery ❤
It's part of your life experience, you were just being honest. You did a whole video which is brave at such an emotional time you went through. Even if you had posted a brief message of "I am going to be having a medical procedure and might not be making a video next week, see you guys soon" video, that would have been totally okay too. Wishing you a speedy recovery Levi. 😊✨
Hi Levi! I was born with a congenital heart disease and have been in and our of hospitals my whole life. I got transferred from the kids hospital to the general hospital when I was 18 and that was a big change. There are not a lot of adults under 40 in the waiting rooms, at the cardiac clinics, etc. It was an intimidating environment and also felt invalidating in a way since you don’t “look” like someone with a heart condition.
Thanks for sharing your story and representing the diversity in which health conditions occur in people. Wishing you a quick recovery!
Woah I did not know there was an alarm. Thank you for sharing this I wish you a speedy recovery.
I'm glad it went well, feel better Levi!
I am going through cancer treatment for APML, my treatment was Arsenic. One of the side effects was enlongated QTC and had to have ECG’s everyday before treatment for about 4 months.
Get well soon Levi!
Best of luck with your treatment! 👀❤️
@@LeahandLevithank you ❤
2:05 was not prepared by how that hug would utterly WRECK ME and now I'm crying 😵😭
sending healing vibes your way! we love your authenticity, never stop
Thanks for being here 🥰
I feel like since Leah couldn’t be there you were recording for her, too. Thank you for sharing this part of your journey. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing such a personal side of you Levi, I wish you the best in your speedy recovery.
My brother, Levi.
A speedy recovery!
I lost my dad 6 years ago due to heart-problems. . .
Coming here and talking about your experience on its own is authentic and you are genuinely articulate and genius. Each day I watch your videos you give me hope and inspiration to work hard in my life and my future endeavours. In short, I am proud of you!
I really can’t find the words to tell you how wonderful this video is. It’s authentic, raw and as real as it gets. It’s so beautifully documented and edited. I honestly love all your videos but this one had an absolute and deep importance. Not only was your health story captured, but I actually cried for your family. You could see the love and concern on Leah and your parents. Thank you for making the decision to share this. Wishing you a quick recovery and health. Be blessed. ❤
Hey Levi!
I was born w/ a pulmonary valve defect. My 1st surgery was at age 6 to open the narrowed valve. 2nd surgery was 9 yrs ago to replace the valve.
I totally get the stress you felt over your surgery. Happy healing, you're doing great!!❤
I had surgery in that hospital at the height of the pandemic! All the staff on the surgery ward were so nice, but yeah, it sucked being alone, at least they let you out pretty quick. Wishing you a speedy recovery
Good people trying their best. So happy we did it when we did ❤️🙏🏼
I am glad you didn't let that limit living your best life.
Leah great job giving off calm , low-key energy, that helps, (great trait for being a mommy too). Levi, I'm glad you shared this, the reason I watch you guys is not because it's a travel/mobile living VLOG it's because I like to seeing you guy's day to day shiit(ake mushroom) you know a day in the life vlog.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh, that's positive healing vibe.
Haha I loved reading this! Thanks for the great comment friend!
Appreciate you sharing and being so transparent and vulnerable. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Take care of yourselves and each other. 💛
Hello Levi and Leah! I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I just started watching your channel last week when I was searching for videos on BigFoot campers, and I came across your videos. I binge watched them all, as we're thinking about buying a BigFoot. I was amazed to see that you're in Nanaimo, as that is where I am too! Don't feel bad about sharing your video about your heart surgery. That is a part of your life, and your channel follows your journeys through your life. I'm sure that your subscribers care about what happens to you. I have a UA-cam channel as well, and I shared with my viewers that I had to undergo a biopsy to see if I had skin cancer. (I had had it before, and both I and my doctor believed that I did have it again.) I was shocked to learn that the growth came back as benign! YAY!!! I will be updating my viewers with the good news in my next video. 😃 Take it easy and let your body heal. I look forward to watching your videos. Take care, Julie from My Wonderful BC Life 🥰
Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing your journey through this procedure. I was in the ER recently and wished I had my phone just to document everything because it's sort of a a blur and I felt so alone. My brother work in the ER and mentioned the reason I was brought in is actually quite common. Hope you're recovering well.
Sending you a good recovery from France 🇫🇷😊
Levi you radiate positivity and love and hope at every turn in the most honest way even in moments that are difficult and that makes your journey such a joy to watch. You and Leah have a wonderful dynamic and sharing this although I’m sure it was scary feels real. You are humans first and we all go through health stuff. Thanks for sharing
Woof… this made me kind of emotional. Thank you for being here and saying really nice things haha
A very heartfelt , sincere and REAL video : unscripted , unpolished and spoken freely. Downright emotional. I like the scenes on the pier
So the next “ real , this-is-who-we-are “ video should be when the baby arrives. Sounds great.
As someone with complete heart block and with a pacemaker, I really appreciate the authenticity in this video, getting real, and being honest with how serious these things can be. It is stressful! I couldn't imagine being alone before and after the operation, that's really brave of you. I had surgery in two different locations about a year ago so this hits home for me. As stupid as this may sound and as much as this sucks, it is almost cathartic to see another active young-ish person who has a happy lifestyle and is doing fun things regardless of their condition. It makes me feel a lot less alone in my experience :) I am so glad the operation went well and am wishing Levi a smooth and speedy recovery
Hey Victoria, thanks for leaving this message. ❤️🥹 it’s a weird being in this situation but you get through it. Having family and friends around makes the difference for me. 🥰
Health stuff is part of life and can interfere with plans or projects or just daily activities. Thank you for sharing. It would have been weird to just have a blip about "having a procedure done see you in a couple weeks". Being too vague would have been more alarming, but for sure only ever share what you are comfortable with. So glad it went well, hope you have a quick recovery!
I am glad you are both okay and were back home to be able to handle this safely. Its crazy being a follower living in the GVRD because I know exactly which days this took place over based on our weather. Wishing you a fast recovery Levi!
We love the GVRD haha thanks for the nice comment!
Levi - This is not cheap AT ALL!!!!! I'm grateful to know you have a condition, and I know from seeing your last video that you are healing well. I will praise God for good news and then continue to pray that you heal perfectly and stay well forever! By the way - congrats on the new truck!!!!!
I feel for you so much Levi, medical trauma never really leaves us, and even for a routine thing it can be a lot to deal with. Thank you for sharing, and I'm glad you have such a robust support system :)
Thank you for sharing - this is real life! Thank you for staying so true to real stuff on your channel. We're all humans navigating a tricky world and this channel really shines some light in it while staying so authentic. Wishing you well as you recover!
I teared up through out the whole video. Your authenticity and vulnerability shone through. Thank you for sharing and looking forward to more videos in the future. God bless.
Thank you for sharing your story! We absolutely love following y’all’s journey and want to hear it all… never hold anything you’re willing to share back. This is your channel and you can share whatever you want with us! We’re here to listen regardless of the topic, and we’re especially honored to be let it on something so personal. Wishing you a speedy recovery! Happy to see you took this week off - Listen to your body and take as much time as you need.
Your journey is your journey - and that’s what we’re all here for! Not “cheap” at all. Thank you for sharing!! Hope by the time you’re reading all these comments you’re feeling much better.
Levi so glad you’re doing well after the surgery!! I’m also glad you this done prior to Baby’s arrival, cuz Leah is going to need all the help you can provide afterwards!!You got a strong ❤ and all the good vibes from around the world 🌎 to you!
Thanks for sharing your story. I stumbled upon y'alls channel while researching tips for camping with my Gen 3 Prius, and I was not expecting to be able to relate like this. I have HCM and had my first ICD implanted 23 years ago when I was 8. Those first few weeks of recovery where the ICD is, like, sliding up and down inside of you is so strange! It's awesome that you have this experience and manage to have such an adventurous life in the outdoors! I married into a family that loves the outdoors and have found immense peace and joy in it as a "heart disease friendly" activity. I've particularly enjoyed swimming in natural water as I had an incident of my machine shocking me unnecessarily due to EMI being in a public swimming pool with light fixtures. Amazing how this video reminded me that my CareLink came in the mail a couple days ago and I should probably set it up haha. Anyways, I've enjoyed all of y'alls content, and thanks for sharing your story! I've seen first hand how sharing our experiences has been helpful to others who are scared or uncertain, so please know that you did a good thing sharing this.
Thank you so much for sharing this here and taking the time to have watched a few of our videos. ❤ I hope that things have stabilized for you and your condition. 🙏🏻
I hope you're on the mend by the time you read this. I can definitely sympathise with the 'shutting down' go going back into hospital and the feeling of being pulled back in time when you're back in hospital years later. When you talked about whether including this experience was the correct thing to do, it really made me think about the demands that having a YT channel and feeling the need to churn out content every week regardless of 'real life'. Anyway that led to me thinking about how on earth you are going to have time to do anything in the weeks after the baby is born, and so I wondered if it would be helpful to have a few ideas that might not require extra filming, just VoiceOver and/or a piece to camera that you could produce more easily / do in advance and release when you're up to your necks in nappies (diapers) and baby puke - I've been there twice now and could barely remember my own name, let alone how to turn on a camera! Anyway, a few ideas;
- A compilation of the evolution of your channel from early days until now, leading into what the next 'chapter' will be like with the new addition
- An explanation of what your filming kit / set up looks like, using old examples - kit, upgrades, bare minimum etc.
- How and why you decided to do the spin offs into the 'proof' channels and how that has changed the main channel content
- Leah's view, as the non-pro, on filming (incl. those bits in the camper a few months back when she was filming herself without Levi)
- How do you feel about doing 'to-camera' pieces in public places? Do you get embarrassed, how do you approach it?
- Leah's view on how her 'academic' understanding of the female body has changed now that she's pregnant. Did the text books get it right? What would she want other pregnant women to know that she didn't know (or only knew intellectually).
Anyway, best of luck to you both, and sorry for sounding so personally invested; but I've been watching you guys for years so it feels like checking in with friends (sorry if that's weird!)
I appreciate this content...thank you for sharing your personal experience . I'm a fellow Canadian but living in the Dom Rep, who will also need a defibrillator...now maintaining with meds. It's a scary thing.
Yep it’s not easy, but thankfully we’ve got the technology. 👀🙏🏼
Wishing you great health and a speedy recovery! I think sharig things like this helps others who have this issue - especially young people - not feel alone. Thank goodness baby got you back home!
So sorry you were going through that, I couldn’t imagine what it would be like. Hope things are getting better for you now, especially with the little one now here. Best wishes buddy!
And thanks for being strong and sharing your story, the more people do this, the less stigma there is around health concerns for people.
Thanks for sharing at such a vulnerable time for you. You have always been a very straight up couple and this just adds to your authenticity. Stay well and heal fast so we can continue to see progress on the camper!
Easy and quick recovery is my wish for you. So grateful for the perfect timing of back in Canada, yet before baby comes! Thank you for sharing with us.
Take care Levi and Leah. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Glad you have each other!
OMG so stressful! Glad to hear you're on the mend. You should do a baby essentials video since you can't work on the camper. So curious what Leah is collecting for baby.
Great suggestion! Thank you!
My goodness - I had absolutely no idea. And as others have said, you and Leah are two of the most authentic people I have ever met.
I'm so grateful that the timing worked out. I hope you'll have good recovery. Thanks for sharing this personal story with all of us.
Levi this came up in my recommended. It’s been a few weeks since you’ve had this done. I wanted to encourage you to talk more about your heart condition. My son (17 years old) was born with Heart disease and you have no idea how many people you may encourage with your story and sharing. I can’t relate to what my son goes through, but you do. You give me a perspective I wouldn’t otherwise see. So thank you.
Thanks so much for making this, Levi! Even it it felt weird, or cheap or whatever. In April 2020, I discovered I also have LongQT when I experience cardiac arrest in my sleep and I ended up in the hospital at the literal height of Covid. Being only three years in, I have yet to have a battery replacement, so this was really helpful for me so I can know what to expect from those future procedures.
It's also nice to know that I'm not the only one who still has a hard time with hospitals after going through something like what we've each been through. Thanks for making me feel a lil' less weird and alone in all of this. 💓
I think it is nice of you to share. I think there are probably lots of young people in similar situations who might feel alone and it surely helps to have community :)
So glad you are ok! Also, Best video yet. I loved the blurred artsy parts with the moody music. Brought home the seriousness. Well done!
Love you guys!! Prayers for a speedy recovery.
Glad things went well. I appreciate your comment and value of you feeling “making money” by filming what you are going through rather than filming with contents that you planned. I don’t find it cheap as this is what you do on this channel and this is a slice of your life at this moment. Get well soon so you would hug your baby with full strength!
Lots of love to you all (I’m including your family!) Thank you for sharing all this with us.
My husband also went through this procedure more than once. Thank you for sharing. I believe your video will help others. Take care, God Bless.
Wow! Wishing the best!
Thank you for this video! It left such a warm, huggy feeling ❤
Thank you for sharing, Levi! Praying for your healing.
Take your time healing up buddy. Glad all went well and defo don’t worry about how the video could come across. Was a good video and see no harm sharing this stuff, it’s all a part of life ☺️
Thank you for sharing what you're going through. If nothing else, it reminds us that we don't always know what everyone is dealing with beneath the surface, and it reminds us how precious life is and that we should do our best to live our lives on our terms.
Thank you for being vulnerable and talking about this. By being open and honest and true about your life, it gives so many others encouragement and permission to do the same
wishing you a speedy recovery!
Thank you for sharing. Prayers for a speedy recovery❤
Thanks for letting us understand your situation. Get well soon.
I am so glad you made this video. I hope your recovery is quick and you're able to get back at it soon.
Wishing you a speedy recovery ❤️🩹
Wishing you speedy recovery brother ! lots of love