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My husband who had his AVR April 2010 porcine valve had a cut on his gum that looked red. He went to the dentist a few days later and he thought it was fine, just a little swollen. My husband took antibiotics. He wasn't feeling that great though and felt tired. A week later he had the area...

We are planning to take a 5 hour flight to LA then a 12-13 hour flight to Brisbane. Does anyone know if there is an increased risk of blood clotting w/ AVR? My husband has a porcine valve, takes one baby aspirin a day....

My husband's AVR was done April 29th and it took until end of June for the 2 liters of fluid in his lung cavity to finally be gone. Since then he has been steadily increasing his active lifestyle, jogging/walking about 2 miles a day. The only thing that is still hard for him is sleeping more...

Great update on Eric. He was released today. The dr who came in misinformed us - he really does not have an infection or at least one that they can find, but he does have a leak. The leak seems OK (trivial) and his heart function is normal. What they thought was a growth is not. The blood...

How did they test for the allergy for the pig valve? Do you remember? They said that the cell genetic id is stripped from the pig or cow valve, and that the cells from Eric's body would eventually form on the valve. If he needs a reop I just want to really put this to rest and be sure. this...

No he is not but I will make sure we find that person, thanks for the info

is it true that PVE has a 50% mortality rate? is it true that PVE has a 50% mortality rate? yes the name would be great in charlotte. They did nothing about the response to his allergy basically ignored it and told us it was not possible. I don't believe that. But we were hopeful. The echo...

Hi Everyone Eric has had this dry cough for about 5 weeks now. Some effusion fluid in his chest cavity that they said would resolve. 2 days ago he spiked a fever 101. Last night they did an echo, took blood cultures(not back yet). The echo shows leaking and infection. Eric had the biocore...

As beautiful as the CC is, glad to be out of there. Eric's surgery according to his surgeon went perfectly. We were still debating about what valve to choose until the morning of the surgery, he did pig st. jude 28 mm. CC definitely has a bias towards tissue vs. mechanical. Thus they do many...

I think surgery thinks he is OK at least that was what they said this morning.

congratulations on a successful surgery. What valve did you choose? Glad to hear all is well with you.

Hi, Eric's surgery went well without any complications (4-29) He chose the porcine bio st. jude valve. The surgery went well but when they pulled out his chest tube his heart began to click which was really loud and very disturbing. It now has subsided po day 5. Tomorrow they plan to release...

Hi Harry I am reading these threads and praying for you right now. Is there someone there acting on your behalf?

thumping sound thumping sound My husband just had a re-operation a few days ago, AVR. When they pulled the chest tube out in ICU the heart began rubbing against something. It made a very loud and rythmic clicking sound, it was so audible that I could hear it just standing next to him. He...

Tucks pads, sitz bath, and after you have a BM take a shower or bath, the reason is that if any bm- even a small part stays on the hemmoroid it will just irritate it further and make things worse. Sorry to hear about the flu & thanks for telling me that. I may have my husband stay isolated...