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Hello All, Have perused the various posts on here related to concentration, pump-head and such, but wondering about a specific problem. My husband is 3 months post surgery (mitral valve replacement with tissue valve). He was 60 yrs old at time of surgery, working full-time (and more sometimes...

Hello All, My DH is now 3 months past Mitral Valve replacement (Porcine tissue valve) and is coming to the end of 3 months on Coumadin. The Cardiologist has cleared him to come off the Coumadin, and I am just wondering how long it will take for the Coumadin to leave my DH's body. My main...

I know this is probably a question for my dh's doctor, but just wondering if anyone knows why this medication, Pantoprazole (Pantoloc) would be prescribed post valve surgery. The discharge orders were written for my husband when I was not present, nor was I able to talk to the doctor about the...

Hello all, My husband is just about 3 weeks post surgery--mitral valve replacement with porcine valve--and he was started on Coumadin immediately after surgery for a three month period. Barring any complications, he will be able to go off of the Coumadin after that three month run. This has...

Sorry if this is already answered elsewhere, but couldn't find anything on this subject. Feel a bit stupid asking but, here goes: My husband is sitting at almost 3 weeks post-surgery (mitral valve replacement with full sternotomy) and the nurse at the clinic that removed his staples and applied...

Hello all, Been a bit of a stranger on here for awhile...After 3 1/2 months on the waiting list, my husband finally had his OHS (Mitral Valve Replacement-Porcine valve) on February 27th, 2013. We are now at day 12 post surgery and he is doing extremely well--progressed rather quickly through...

Hello All, My husband and I are still awaiting a call for DH's Mitral Valve Replacement surgery....this waiting is no fun at all! :( Anyhow, I was told during DH's preop session that I could stay the first night after surgery with my husband in the ICU...I am wondering on what people's...

Hello all! I am new to this forum...been reading and learning for several weeks now. My husband has a prolapsed Mitral Valve with severe regurgitation and is due for a Mitral Valve Replacement in about a week. Well, actually we're not sure exactly when. Basically he is "on-call" sometime after...