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Well, its hard to believe, but it has already been a year.....my valve's first birthday is tomorrow! My surgery and recovery was pretty smooth compared to some of the stories I have seen here. Even so, I was terrified going into the surgery and I never did get to experience that calm that...

Hello Everyone. Just a quick update on how things are going since I am now 7 weeks post-op from my PVR surgery. The surgery and recovery both went very well. I have actually had a lot less pain than I thought I would and the 6 weeks recovery time went by really fast. I had a hematoma at the...

Well I made it! I have been home for about 5 or 6 days now. I have been online a time or two but haven't really felt up to typing. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers.....it really helps to have people rooting for you. The surgery went very well. Dr. Hanley was very pleased and...

This is Diane's mom. She had her surgery on Friday and it went well. She is still in ICU but is off the vent and has the tube out. They will probably move her to the stepdown unit today and discharge on Thursday. :)

It is only 18 days until my PVR surgery......I can't believe how fast "D-Day" is coming! In the beginning, I was shocked to find out that I even needed surgery. I have repaired TOF and have been (and still am) asymptomatic. It had never crossed my mind that I would ever have to have heart...

Just a few short months ago, I believed that I was "fixed" and life was good......I had never even given a thought to ever having heart surgery again. Then, I had to go and open this huge "can of worms" by reminding my PCP that I was overdue for an echo (what an idiot....I should have just...