{"id":6982,"date":"2026-02-16T10:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/?p=6982"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:19:13","slug":"the-weekend-that-changed-a-heart-and-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/the-weekend-that-changed-a-heart-and-a-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The weekend that changed a heart\u2014and a life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#00205b&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>The weekend that changed a heart\u2014and a life<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #252525;\">A surprising discovery, split-second decisions, and the surgery that gave an endurance athlete his life back.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\u201cI had no idea I had any issues. I was in the best shape of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Andrew Lytwynec says that, he means it literally. Andy is the kind of person who builds goals\u2014and then outworks them. An endurance athlete and driven professional, he was training at an elite level: placing in competitive cycling events, qualifying for Ironman, and pushing himself the way disciplined people do when they\u2019re raising a family and still finding time to chase big goals.<\/p>\n<p>And then his body sent a signal he couldn\u2019t out-train.<\/p>\n<p>After a race in August 2024, Andy began feeling unwell. Night sweats. A growing sense that something wasn\u2019t right. \u201cI knew something was wrong,\u201d he recalls. He went to the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s (URMC) Highland Hospital, where he spent three nights under observation as clinicians worked to understand what was happening.<\/p>\n<p>What they found next was stunning\u2014and urgent. Andy\u2019s early symptoms\u2014night sweats, fever, and feeling unwell\u2014were ultimately traced to an acute Lyme infection. But the testing also revealed something entirely separate, found incidentally: an aortic aneurysm, dangerously enlarged at the aortic root. Typically, aneurysms cause no symptoms at all\u2014until it is ultimately \u201ctoo late,\u201d especially for someone without immediate access to a Level 1 trauma center with advanced cardiac care (which, thankfully, URMC provides).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lytwynec-family-photo-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Lytwynec with his wife Jill, and 2 children posing on a dock with a body of water behind them\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lytwynec-family-photo-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lytwynec-family-photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lytwynec-family-photo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lytwynec-family-photo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lytwynec-family-photo-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lytwynec-family-photo-700x1050.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lytwynec-family-photo-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Andy and his wife, Jill, remember the clarity and urgency of those early conversations. They describe cardiologist Michael Vornovitsky, MD, as \u201cawesome\u201d\u2014the kind of physician who explains the stakes, outlines the plan, and makes sure you feel seen while you\u2019re still trying to catch your breath. The message was sobering: this couldn\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n<p>A few days later\u2014on the weekend of Andy\u2019s 40th birthday\u2014everything escalated. He rushed to Strong Memorial Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department, experiencing frightening new symptoms and realizing just how quickly \u201cfine\u201d can become \u201ccritical.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;]<blockquote class='blockquote_shortcode with_quote_icon' style=''><span style=\"\" class=\"icon_quotations_holder\">\u201d<\/span><h3 class='blockquote_text' style=\"color: #15234a;\"><span>In the ED, he saw what our teams face every day: intense volume, constant motion, and clinicians moving fast in a space that is straining to meet modern demand. He was also deeply grateful for what happened next: coordination, decisive action, and a plan to protect his life.<\/span><\/h3><\/blockquote>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]Soon after, Andy met the surgeon who would perform his operation, Kazuhiro Hisamoto, MD \u201cHe was confident and incredibly empathetic,\u201d Andy told us. In a moment when there was no \u201cminimally invasive\u201d solution\u2014only the best possible surgical one\u2014Andy felt steadied by competence and humanity at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>On September 18, Andy underwent a complex, seven-hour valve-sparing aortic root replacement commonly called the David Procedure. He woke up in the Cardiac ICU\u2014intubated, disoriented, and terrified. Like many patients after major heart surgery, he faced unexpected complications and fears, including sudden vision changes that raised immediate concern. In those moments, what patients remember forever is not only the medicine\u2014it\u2019s the presence, the vigilance, and the teamwork.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what Andy and Jill experienced: specialists communicating across disciplines, care coordinated under one system, and a sense that an entire institution was behind them.<\/p>\n<p>It also happened close to home. For Andy, that fact still carries weight. World-class cardiac care wasn\u2019t hours away in a far-off city. It was here in Rochester\u2014allowing family to remain connected in the most difficult days.<\/p>\n<p>For the last year, Andy has been building his life back\u2014not just medically, but personally. He\u2019s off heart medications. Recovery started with slow laps around the cul-de-sac. Now he\u2019s training again with the kind of grit that defines him: restoring strength, rebuilding trust in his body, and returning to the active pursuits that make him feel like himself\u2014as an athlete, as a father of two boys, and as someone who doesn\u2019t quit when life demands adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>He also felt an immediate pull to help others. \u201cI had an immediate impulse to be a resource for others,\u201d he said. Andy connected with a community of \u201caortic athletes\u201d whose motto is simple and hard-won: Don\u2019t quit. Adapt.<\/p>\n<p>Andy\u2019s story is a reminder: cardiac emergencies do not discriminate by age or fitness. But outcomes can be transformed when a community has access to extraordinary cardiac care\u2014surgeons, cardiologists, imaging, ICU teams, and coordinated expertise\u2014ready at the moment it matters most.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013<\/em>February 2026[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e7e7e7&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Make a difference<\/h3>\n<p>Help improve the health and well-being of people of all ages across our region by supporting Strong Memorial Hospital Expansion Project. 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