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  1. hoodie978

    Angry.

    It is a complete shock for me to back on here writing this now. 15 months ago my then boyfriend, now husband, was undergoing his second open heart surgery for his congenital bicuspid aortic valve aneurysm. We went to Dr Miller at Stanford, who is an amazing, wonderful doctor.Jon recovered...
  2. hoodie978

    incision site abscess

    Hello, just a little question.... Has anyone experienced an abscess under the incision??? Jon has two times now. The first one was under the skin, not obvious, just "tight" and red around the side. He went to his PMD, got antibiotics, and then it ruptured later that day. We went to the ER and...
  3. hoodie978

    17 hours later and 2 surgeries....

    and we are through! the first surgery was 14 hours long and 3 and half hours later they went back in for another 3 hours to remove a blood clot that was preventing his heart from beating. he was critical for 2 days, but hes in step down icu, walking, and doing great as of now! thank god, thank...
  4. hoodie978

    September 30, 2008

    So we went to Dr Miller at Stanford and the scheduled date is 9/30/2008. Still a little far off, due to Dr Miller being out for most of the month of August. Dr Miller was AMAZING and I am so glad we are going to him. As it turns out the aneurysm is 6.1 at it biggest and it will need to be...
  5. hoodie978

    Info on aneurysm repair

    Hello, I came across your web page when searching for information regarding aortic aneurysm repair. My boyfriend is 37 and has a history of congenital aortic stenosis and had a mechanical valve, St Judes, replacement 15 years ago. He has been asymptomatic and went in for a routine cardiology...
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