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good catch. He only had the Konno part of the procedure. They didn't want to complicate matters with doing the Ross. So they ended up just leaving his native pulmonary valve in place and put the 21 mm porcine valve in his aortic position. Chalk it up to lack of sleep. Another update, Landon...

I truly believe that kids recover much quicker than adults. As far as I could tell, he really had no pain after about 4-5 days. They pretty much quit giving him pain meds when we went into the intermediate ICU. I ask him frequently if his chest hurts or if he has pain and he never has any. Thank...

Hello all Sorry it has been so long since I gave an update but it has been a busy month. Yesterday was 1 month post op for Landon and several others. As you recall, Landon, age 5, underwent a Ross procedure and received a new porcine Aortic valve. We spent a total of 10 days in Lucile Packard...

Just a quick note that we left sunny california at noon today. Landon is doing great. I'll post more when I'm on my computer. We had quite the adventure.

Anna, Welcome back. I have been watching for your post. Glad you did well and are home for the holidays. We are on our way too.

welcome home Dave. Glad all went well. I think we are getting close to discharge if all goes well and we don't have any other surprises. Stay healthy and keep up the exercises. Landon's mom

thanks for all the support, prayers and thoughts. Today he was extubated, got his foley out and had some clear liquids. Tonight he is pretty groggy so they are changing his meds a little bit. He also had some issues with his BP today but that is under control now. So we will see what tomorrow...

Glad Dave is doing well! keep the spirits up. We continue to pray for all of our fellow December 10thers.

Landon had his surgery yesterday, they ended up doing a AVR with the Konno procedure. they put in a 21 mm porcine valve. He did well thru the surgery and thru the night. they just extubated him this morning and now he has nasal cannulas which he hates and is constantly pulling out. He is still...

Well we did Landon's pre-op today. The longest time was talking to the PA for the surgeon. It sounds like they are going to do a AVR with the Konno procedure. His pulmonary valve didn't look good enough to do the Ross (where they put it in the aortic position). The Konno is where they widen...

A Best of luck on Wednesday. I'll be busy thinking of my little dude but will slip some prayers in for you. S

Dave Best of luck on Wednesday. Is someone posting for you? We will be praying for you.

Thanks everyone. We are on our second leg of the journey. Staying in Reno tonight. So far the trip has been good. We got lots of movies, color books, toys, books and stuff to play with. We don't have to do anything on Monday so we have a little extra time to travel. They are going to have us do...

Dave, I remember seeing you were going to have surg on the 10th also. Best wishes and we will definitely keep both of you in our prayers. Here is a great verse to take wiith you. I get great strength from it: "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be...

Thanks for all the kind words and advice. I do need to take the time to do the research of the airfare. I have some time off on Friday so hope to make the calls. At thsi point i have been just doing airfare searches on the internet. We flew the first time and had to change our return flight...

that's the one that's the one Yes he is at Lucille Packard Childrens hospital. He did his first surgery. Man of few words but talented as a surgeon. Our other choice was Denver, Col but we were more comfortable with LPCH.

Wow lived here all my life and know a lot of the tiny towns but have never heard of Turner. Thanks for the thoughts.

best of luck to you too! best of luck to you too! Thanks so much. I saw that you were on for the 10th also. I also saw your B-Day is close to that day. Mine is the 9th, so my logic is since we are in pre-op all that day, I don't have time to celebrate, so I won't change my age! I need to...

Well I finally heard back from Dr. Hanley's office today. We have a confirmed date of Dec 10 for Landon's surgery. I was just going to call them this afternoon and they called on my cell. Weird. So now we need to decide as to whether to fly(not knowing when to book return plus it is close to...