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Hi All! Mathias is experiencing some troublesome symptoms or side effects (unsure which). He has had a dry, persistent cough for several weeks now. He coughs and ends up gagging and will vomit from the coughing occasionally. He also complains of a "hot, acidic" feeling stomach, a lump in his...

Hello! I am curious, for those of you that needed to get sternal wires removed...what prompted the investigation and removal of them? Mathias is having some itching and warmth on one small spot of his incision and we are wondering what it could be...just healing or something festering. It isn't...

Happy Monday, folks! Mathias is 8 weeks post op this week and doing remarkably well. The only concern we are having is with his blood pressure. After surgery, systolic was being stubborn about coming below 140-150. At discharge from the hospital, he left on 20mg Lisinopril, 100 mg Metoprolol...

Hello friends! Mathias had his surgical follow up yesterday and all went really well. Yay! He is healing tremendously, though he is having some terrible pain behind his left shoulder blade off and on. Surgeon said he couldn't definitively say whether or not a rib or two have hairline fractures...

Hello all, Mathias' condition was deemed congenital (Ascending Aortic Aneurysm, BAV), and I am wondering if anyone has insight into family planning around these genetic issues or has gone through it all and their kids are just fine? I know it really scares us both to think of having a kiddo go...

Hi guys, I unfortunately have to report that Mathias and I came to the ER in the wee hours of the morning today. Something was not right, so I insisted we get things checked out. Sure enough, they detected a tamponade putting pressure on his right ventricle. Hes in emergency surgery now, but...

Hello lovely folks, I am the Fiancee and caretaker of a wonderful human undergoing his 2nd AVR on Friday, August 9th. A little background on us... Patient is a 25y.o male, no history of heart disease, very healthy, no history of drug or alcohol abuse. Diagnosed with a moderate leaking bicuspid...