Recent content by arc-weld

Hello everyone: Its been 16 weeks since surgery for Endocardits to remove my mechanical valve and replace it with a human valve. I feel wonderful. In fact I used the chain saw to cut down a 75 foot oak tree last weekend and use a gas powered log splitter. I am still taking Amoxicillin 500...

FYI... the bills are rolling in at this point - 50 pages with at least 4 items on each page. The bill is going to way more than a AVR replacement on the first go round. I'll let everyone know the total when all the bills are processed.

PIC line is GONE ... .Hurray!!!! Dr. put me on Amoxicillin 500 Mg - 3 TID for 30 days just incase. He wants to watch my blood labs before saying we have WON the battle. Every week for the next four weeks - just to be sure its GONE. Thursday, its off to the cardiologist for a checkup ...Its...

Its been 8 weeks since my St. Jude's AVR was removed due to endocarditis. My new homograft is doing well - or least seems that way. I have exceeded 1 BILLION units of Penicillin G infusion by IV so far. A few more million units to go before the infection Dr. pulls the PIC line.:smile2::smile2...

I am still on a Penicillin G IV feed of 18 Million units a day. At some point I was getting 33 million units a day but kidney issue forced a reduction. I'll be on the IV feed for about 10 weeks post op. I have 27 days to go.... Every week they are ramping up the dose as my kidneys improve...

My AVR was replaced on 10/06/2005 with a St. Jude's mechanical type due to a leaking bicuspid valve in Pensacola FL. I had no issues with the valve after installation. The valve had a minor abscess under it on Friday 06/08/11 and by Wednesday 06/13/2011 the entire valve was sitting on an...

Over this past 4th of July weekend, I came down with a fever of 104F. After a trip to ER and three trips to the family doctor over 4 days, they figured out that I had a Gram Positive staff infection. On July 8th, I was hospitalized in Little Rock. I'd guess the Dr. pulled 18 blood cultures to...

5 days after AVR with Homograph including ascending aorta