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I posted a while ago, about my 79yo mother's aortic aneurysm. She recently had an echo, and according to that, she's at 4.9cm right now. Her doctor is now sending both her AND my father to the Mayo Clinic for a consult with Dr. Lyle Joyce, on Monday afternoon. My dad was supposed to have...

For those of you who don't remember me from a few years back, my name is Jeannie and I had a mitral valve repair in 2002. Because it was a repair, and I am no longer even on medication, I haven't felt the need to visit this site in quite awhile, other than to check in on my heart friends now and...

In honor of my 7th mitral valve repair "valversery" today, I decided to become a member of TOOTS. Since it was kind of a last minute decision, I just used one of my husband's "tawdry" shirts. Actually, he just added this one to his collection...he thinks it's beautiful;) My scar has obviously...

I can't belive I almost forgot to post this, but I had my mitral valve repair 6 years ago today...and the day is almost over. I did post the entire story on my blog right away this morning, and had planned on posting here too... but then I got side-tracked. Imagine that! If you don't know my...

Especially at the end of April. I no longer have a digital camera, so I "borrowed" a picture from my friend's blog. She had set up their kiddie pool on Wed, for her little ones, and hauled buckets of hot water out to fill it, because it was 79 degrees here that day. Two days later...it snowed...

We also had a new grandson born just before Christmas this year. Hayden David Grot made his appearance at 2:04AM Pacific time on Dec. 23rd. This is my husband's first biological grandchild, and his only son's son, so he is pretty proud! Hayden is our 3rd grandSON. Maybe some day we'll have a...

No. I'm NOT PREGNANT! However, we are expecting a new baby in about a week :eek: My niece, Shanna, (who is my late sister's daughter), is in the army and will soon be going back to Iraq for her second tour of duty. The first time she went, she was not a parent...but is now the mother of a...

Here is a link to a local news video done from Regents hospital. The first surgery of it's kind in the state of MN: http://kstp.com/article/stories/S197987.shtml?cat=1 I'm pretty sure that others on this board have already had this type of surgery elswhere, but it sounds rather encouraging...

Five years ago today, I was just going into the O.R. at about this time. I was in there for 6 hours or so, but I didn't wake up until 2:30 AM! My surgeon told me this mitral valve repair would last me the rest of my life...so far, so good. :D That should be encouraging to those who have...

I had done a search on them here the other night, and it sounded like a few of you have had bad experiences with them. I just thought I'd tell you about mine. It wasn't too bad, except for trying to get my heart rate up to 148 beats per minute! I thought I was going to die...and I think they...

Hi everyone, I thought I'd start a new Jackie thread. She was at home and doing okay, but was brought to the ER today here in town and was admitted to ICU for the night. Keep her in your prayers again please. Here are today's CaringBridge entries: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 01:57 PM, CDT...

My sister just sent me this email, I thought it was interesting, I've seen pictures of Jerry Mathers recently, but not the other two. I wonder what ever happened to the Beav's buddy, Whitey?

Wasn't it just about a week ago that I posted that we were -25 degrees here in Minnesota? Well...we are at +46 degrees today! WooHoo...Time to get out the tank tops and flip flops!:cool: Hopefully it will stick around for a while...although I hear tell it's supposed to be snowing by the...

If you've been reading her CaringBridge site, you probably breathed a sigh of relief like I did a few hours ago, but it appears she's not out of the woods yet, and we need to keep those prayers a coming... I posted this on the other thread, but for those of you who haven't seen that one, here...

I'm not even sure where to post this, because there is nothing "small" about it, but I just found out from another church member of ours that Jackie needs another surgery tomorrow! We were down to see her yesterday and were under the impression that everything was fine, other than some nausea...

Hi all, If you were on the chat yesterday, you know what I'm talking about:D. Ray and I and my daughter Molly went down to the Mayo Clinic yesterday to visit Jackie, (the art den lady). Her husband, John is the principal at my daughter's school, so they were able to borrow a couple of lap-top...

I just got this email from my sister, and while it admitedly exaggerates a bit:) , it has a bit of truth to it. My DH has yet to put on a "winter coat" this winter (except for the day they played a round of golf on lake Bemidji), and goes out in his t-shirt to start the car. Otherwise he wears a...

Hi Gang, I'm at home, recovering from gallbladder surgery that I had yesterday. Not too much fun...but a little better than OHS. It was same-day surgery and was done laprascopically which means I now have 4 more small scars to add to my scar collection, yippee!! Anyway, I want you all to...

Mary is scheduled for double bypass and valve replacement surgery next Thursday, Dec. 28th. I have given her our website info, but for whatever reasons she may have, she hasn't chosen to join us here yet. Even though I'm sure we'll have our entire church body praying for her, and many others as...

Hi everyone, We hadn't had a family portrait done in about 15 years, and sadly there is one sibling missing now, but we decided to have some pix taken yesterday anyway. We had them taken by a professional, but these are the shots that Ray took with our camera...that's why no one seems to be...