Recent content by briacunn

About eight weeks since the surgery. The surgery was actually a piece of cake compared to other issues my wife was dealing with. She had severe allergic reaction to a medication. Steven Johnson syndrome. They were going to send her to a burn unit. Skin was blistered. Constantly freezing...

This is first time I have logged on here since my wife had her heart cath. Actually her heart cath did go well that Friday afternoon, but it was that Friday evening she had chills. The next day she had chills, low grade fever. I took her to ER on Sunday as she still had fever and her face was...

My wife had her heart cath today and everything went well. Her Cardiologist which we both really like and respect gave us his unsolicited opinion about tissue/mechanical valve. He said that most valves that are being used in younger people are tissue valves and that if/when it fails a new one...

Hello Everyone. I am the one that wrote the initial topic - I just registered after I posted. I appreciate all of the time you took to reply. My wife will be 53 in February. We don't know how she developed endocarditis. She did have a dentist appointment (cleaning) about a month and half...