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My 18 year old daughter has Covid. She’s had a mechanical valve for several years but had a stroke a year ago. As a result they increased her warfarin dose and added an aspirin daily. But the could not give her reassurance of not getting a blood clot again. I am trying to help her to not worry...

Hi all. My 7 year old daughter had a mechanical aortic valve put in during the month of March. For the past couple of weeks she has been humming in her sleep. Could it be related?

My 7 year old has a mechanical valve. She's had it about 6 weeks. Anyway, I tried checking her INR 3 times today and the machine said "Lo. QC" as the error. I took her to the lab for a blood draw. We won't know the results until tomorrow. I am panicking about this INR management. I don't...

Laura has a lump that has formed above her bypass incision in her groin. Anyone?

Okay. My 7yr old is 9 days post surgery. We are still in the hospital because they want to get the Coumadin level right before going home. She is running a low grade fever once a day. They say it could be because her lungs are not 100% inflated yet. But I am still worried about it being some...

Hi. My daughter had OHS 3 days ago. Her oxygen is good, her lungs look good and her heart rate is good. However, her nostrils flare while she is breathing. She says she is not having any pain. The ICU doctor says he is not concerned because she looks good. But I am still worried. Any ideas?

Hi. I'm aerfirmie. My 7 year old daughter was born with Truncus and a leaky aortic valve. They did the repair for the Truncus when she was 3 weeks old. She's been doing well these past 7 years. Even though her aortic valve has severe leakage, they chose not to operate because her heart has...