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Than you everyone! Surgery went perfext & if all continues to go well, I wll be going home Wednesfay morning. Thanks again for all of your thoughts, wishes & prayers. Robyn

I agree to not tell them until closer to the surgery. I also agree with not letting them see you in the ICU. I remember when I was younger and my sister was in the hospital, I saw her in ICU and to this day I remember it and how frightened I was. I ran out crying. As for work, I don't own my...

Yvonne, my 2nd OHS is scheduled in 2 weeks. I am like you, counting down and nervous. I was too young to remember my first OHS, so this is like my first one. I became kind of accutely symptomatic after pregnancy, although they say it's such a slow progression that you just adjust to it. My...

Thank you all. It definitely helps hearing everyones stories and comments. It's nice to know I am not alone! I don't realize how stressed I am until I have crazy dreams about it. I know the last days leading up to it will be hard. It's like when I was pregnant and knew I would probably need...

Thank you all for you posts. It definitely helps to vent and hear everyones comments and suggestions. My first surgery of course I don't remember. Although my mom tells me that I was very brave and would actually walk around visiting the other babies in the hospital. It's just amazing the...

Hello all. So after all of my life knowing I had congenital pulmonary stenosis and had surgery at 14 months to repair it, I never was told I would eventually need a valve replacement. 2009 was a full year! I found out I was pregnant, had my first echo since I was like 15, had my first MRI and...