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Twenty nine years ago today, I had my mitral valve replaced with the new St. Jude valve. As I've stated before, I was one of the "test subjects" since it hadn't been approved by the FDA yet.:eek2: But, I'm so thankful my surgeon encouraged me to sign those papers (felt like I was signing my...

I have a question. I know that some on here have their colonoscopies done while on coumadin but this has to do with those of us who do the bridging. Years ago I would use the Lovenox injections and have always had horrible hematomas in my abdomen from them. The last time was the last straw...

Our daughter called this evening and her friend's younger sister was accidentally shot and killed by a hunter. She was 23 and a college senior graduating next month. She was with several other students in her biology class collecting frogs for a class project. The hunter was hunting in a no...

On Saturday morning, I was sitting in my lazy boy checking my e-mail messages and talking with my husband. I had been up for about three hours and had already had breakfast. Out of nowhere, in the middle of a sentence, the room suddenly started spinning. I couldn't get up and felt like I was...

Back in July, I asked everyone for prayers for Jordan, my husband's cousin's little 11 year old son who had a brain tumor. My husband hadn't talked with his aunt (Jordan's grandmother) in several weeks. And of course, we assumed that Jordan was progressing well with his therapy for his...

Twenty-eight years ago today, I had my St. Jude valve implanted. It's been a good and loyal friend all these years and I'm counting on it for many more! I need to stop and listen for the ticking today. Seems I don't do that enough. I never hear it anymore. I don't mean to take it for...

Well, I think I've decided that bathing is a contact sport. I won't be on here too long but wanted to give a quick update on my post last week. I slipped and fell getting into our tub a week ago Wed. Two days later, the bruising started and left leg was swelling. Took my INR on Sat. and it...

I'm sitting here waiting here for my cardiologist's on-call nurse to call me back. On Wed. afternoon, I fell getting into the bathtub. Pretty bad fall, but I didn't hit my head. I'm pretty sure I've torn my left hamstring. No bruising until last night and now I'm black and blue from my...

Jordan just got out of the hospital. He is doing great from his brain surgery! He is having trouble with his eyes... not being able to follow you with them or move them in different directions. I think this is a side effect from the actual surgery. Jordan will be staying in Miami with his...

My husband's cousin's 11 year old son was discovered to have a brain tumor. He underwent brain surgery today in Miami to have it removed. The surgeon started the surgery at 10 this morning meaning Jordan was probably taken into surgery a couple of hours before that for prepping. As of 10:00...

I just got a phone call from Ben, and they got the results of Kerri's CT scan that was done on Monday. It was perfect!! No evidence of cancer!! It has been three months since her last scan and this is the second one post therapy. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers and please keep...

As you may recall, my dad (87 yrs young) had a mild heart attack and then three days later had OHS (6 bypasses and an aortic valve replacement). The surgery was six weeks ago today. He saw his cardiac surgeon today and was released. Declared perfect! He's back to driving and can do whatever...

My great nephew is undergoing his 3rd surgery tomorrow to repair his cleft palate. He is 16 months old. In the course of a conversation with my dad tonight, he told me that my neice and nephew's insurance company only covered part of his last surgery on his cleft lip. The insurance company...

I had my annual defibrillator and pacemaker in-office checkup today, and after four years they're still doing great! I usually do over the phone checks every three or four months but have to go into the office once a year. Only 50% of the battery has been used, so I'm hoping for another four...

I've been gone for the last couple of weeks. My 87 year old dad had a heart attack two weeks ago tonight. I flew home the next morning and three days after his heart attack, Dad had OHS. He had 6, that's right, 6 bypasses AND his aortic valve replaced! He has done wonderfully! He was home a...

Well, Steve and I had the scare of our lives last evening. We are babysitting our grandchildren, ages 23 months and 4 and a half. We took them to visit our friends' horse farm and they have two minis (horses). Our grandson, the oldest, ran up behind one the of minis (of course, after telling...

Well, Kerri had her CT scan a couple of weeks ago and as expected, it showed quite a bit of scar tissue from the radiation. This is normal. We are praying that all CT scans in the future will show nothing new. This will be her baseline for future CT scans. She doesn't have to go back to the...

We got the biopsy report on our pup, Abby, this morning and there is no cancer! The vet was shocked as were we. There was a horrible infection in her toe bone and the lymph node was full of white blood cells. It appears that the infection is what made the toe bone break. I take her back...

I know this is a heart forum but the last couple of days have been hard ones for me and just wanted to talk with some friends. Our almost 6 year old yellow Lab, Abby started to limp on Tuesday night out of the blue. She had limped two or three other times over the last 4 months but only for a...

Kerri finished her last radiation treatment today! We are so excited, thankful, and just plain thrilled! She and Ben are going out for a special dinner tonight. She will have a CT scan at the end of March and will have to have checkups and scans every 2-3 months for the first two years. Then...