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Hey Seth, First off, really wanted to thank you and your adorable wife Lilly for letting us meet at your place. As for the sound of your valve/graft, hard to give a db rating on the sound but a good reference might be to measure the distance that someone can be from you in a quiet room and...

Spent an afternoon with Seth, Debbie and Mike(Resqrn) in Sierra Madre. Seth was a gracious host and we had a good time sharing stories and experiences from our recent past. Time flies when everyone's having fun sharing. Had plans to watch some sprint car racing that night so our get together was...

Had my aortic valve and ascending aorta replaced with the Da Vinci robotic surgery. Would recommend finding a hospital that has one. Here's a link: http://www.intuitivesurgical.com/index.aspx

Mission Bay is an great location for a SoCal party. I'll be there! Would need to order some breathing masks for a party in my part of the Golden State right now:rolleyes: Hopefully San Diego County is spared from fires this fall. They had more than their share last year. Mike

Thanks again Tina for hosting our get together and having all the terrific food prepared for us. The day was absolutely perfect for a swim. The pool table and big screen tv gave party goers something to do whether we were inside or out. Well worth the drive down here from the Central Coast and...

The car is packed and I'm on my way to beautiful Riverside County:) See ya at Tina's!!! Mike

A summer party in Temecula??? Looks like another road trip to SoCal for this racefan. Hope to see plenty of VR members. Many thanks to Tina for the open invitation and to party coordinator(Debbie) for time spent contacting others. Chances are the weather will even be warm enough to enjoy a...

I agree with Tina, nice to meet fellow heart valve patients in person. Of course, the customers at BJ's probably thought we were a bunch of middle age flashers;) Mike

On the bright side, you won't have to stay up late tonight for those dang sprint car races;) Just walk at a comfortable pace. Mike:)

Thanks Jim...and for the encouragement Bina. Usually up for a dare but the wife said she'll play doctor on me and it won't be pretty:eek: I'll say that it is just above the little heart cath scar and it's about 1 3/4". It's where they went in to take an iliac graft for my ascending aorta. Never...

Just wouldn't be right to have view a picture of Debbie without a reply from her favorite racefan. Didn't even need a sip of patron for this one:p A 4" slice is all they needed to fit a 31mm valve and ascending aorta graft. Simply amazing!!! Wife was worried I was going to show my scar down...

Won't be able to make it March 1st but will be in SoCal 12-13 April. Mike

Hi, I'm 5 months post-op. Just had a 4-5 minute total right eye blindness episode a few weeks ago. Seems my INR was floating around 2.0. Pretty scary for sure. Eye doc says my eyes are healthy, probably a clot:( Whatever happened to the 1-2% chance a year of something happening. Suppose it...

Hey Debbie, Glad you're back to posting and getting up and around the house. I think most members were getting a little bored with my rambling while you were actually quite busy sparring with the Nazi Nurse:p Better to here it right from the horse's, oops, I mean the vaca's mouth:) Mike

Can honestly say Debbie sounds great tonight. A big improvement over the last couple of days. Less meds and some time to recover is all it took. I relayed some posts from VR so your replies finally got to Debbie:) She may get released tomorrow so she'll be on VR hopefully typing away later...

Saturday Night Saturday Night Spoke to Debbie. All the tubes are out except one IV line:) Sounds like they figured out the right meds for her but her appetite is still not very big. I'm out of town right now tomorrow I will make a more extensive post Sunday night. Mike

Spoke to her husband Ed and to Debbie only briefly tonight. Sounds like surgery went well but the meds are not playing nice with each other in her stomach. Lack of sleep and not being able to get comfortable are things that make ICU less then appealing for most of us. Did ask if she caught the...

Just received a call from her husband. Surgery went well. She still has the breathing tube so no details to post. Sounds like the doctor was pleased with her pericardial valve placement. Mike

Hi, Debbie wanted to let everyone know she made it through today just fine and will be in surgery by noon Thursday. Her family will call me after she wakes up and is able to speak. She's curious as to what it feels like to get run over by a truck. I gave her the good news... with the drugs they...

Debbie, Jim and Mike, Sounds like you all had a good time. Hope you guys didn't make the recovery sound like tooo much fun:p Will make a trip down to SoCal later this spring. No worries Debbie, by then you'll be back on your feet, running all over the place. Guess I better start jogging...