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Hello Guys, I'm writing this post ti comunicate that my husband is safely recovering from his valve replacement surgery. Reading your posts and messages was crucial for us to feel more confident and less alone. For anyone like us reading: Javier is 32 yo and we have a baby girl (4 months)...

Thank you very much for your comments, it was also surprising for us to realize how many people have OHS nowadays, before we knew about this I think I only saw this kind of things on TV - and was under the impression that this were surgeries very rarely performed by alien doctors or something...

Thank you so much for your message and for your kind wishes! I can totally see that this fear of the unknown is great part of our anxiety now, which is why I'm very thankful we found this space, it's so reassuring to read other's stories and advices. Thank you!

Oh! This is so inspiring! We are tryting to schedule the surgery a couple months before the due date so he has time to recover, but maybe that's not an option (since it's not an emergency and there's some flexibility regarding time we don't have as much priority with the dates here in Spain), so...

Thank you very much! It's great advice, we are trying to be as calmed as possible, but of course we have fears and anxieties, and it's great also to acknowledge that! Thank you for sharing your story! It's so good to know you're well!

Thank you so so much for your story! Wow! That's an amazing time - this is so helpful to see other having normal lives, I'm so thankful I found this cozy place in the web! Thanks!

Thank you so much for your kind comments! I love the Internet and being able to connect with people that are familiar with this, it's very reassuring!

It helps so much! It's very inspiring to see similar cases, and to know that you are all well :) We will keep you all posted. Thank you so so so much!

Hello guys! I'm sure this is a topic posted hundreds of times, and I have been reading some and feeling better, but I wanted to share as well. We discovered a couple of years ago that my husband has a bicuspid aortic valve - he's 32 and now we are preparing for surgery, we are also expecting...