hi guys, greetings from india. haven't logged in as too busy with tests and
then with surgury. got here tuesday after only one flight cancellation. did all
the tests, heart catheter was painless, and had surgury on saturday. spent
one day in icu, two days in step down ccu, moved into my room again last
night. haha, foley removal was a breeze. all going well, with no real pain to
speak of, although removing the chest tubes was uncomfortable.
won't write too much now, just give you the basics, more later. turns out the
chinese echos i had were crap. showed large vegetation, eva of 2.0 and peak
grad of 85. turns out i had little to no veg, but the valve was almost completely
calcified. fell apart in the docs hands. i asked him to save it, i wanted to make
a paperweight, but he just has silvery flat disky clumps, looks like fish scales.
the peak gradient was critical, and eva was 0.6 sq.cm.!! that's less than a
drinking straw....and i went jogging last week, felt okay.
anyway, put in the new meat valve, aortic opening very small, 21mm was the correct
size, but he managed to get a 23 to fit. echos show no leaks, so things are looking
positive. feeling antsy, want to get out and go jogging, but they're trying to
limit my walking. ha. should start slowly climbing stairs tomorrow.
very bored, i've got 92 channels of bollywood musicals on the tube, and a couple
local papers, so i'll be walkiing around to all the nurses stations making a nuisance
of myself.
take care all, and hows zippydeb? she was scheduled for the day before me but
i haven't had time to scan every posting. just with her all the best for her recovery.
then with surgury. got here tuesday after only one flight cancellation. did all
the tests, heart catheter was painless, and had surgury on saturday. spent
one day in icu, two days in step down ccu, moved into my room again last
night. haha, foley removal was a breeze. all going well, with no real pain to
speak of, although removing the chest tubes was uncomfortable.
won't write too much now, just give you the basics, more later. turns out the
chinese echos i had were crap. showed large vegetation, eva of 2.0 and peak
grad of 85. turns out i had little to no veg, but the valve was almost completely
calcified. fell apart in the docs hands. i asked him to save it, i wanted to make
a paperweight, but he just has silvery flat disky clumps, looks like fish scales.
the peak gradient was critical, and eva was 0.6 sq.cm.!! that's less than a
drinking straw....and i went jogging last week, felt okay.
anyway, put in the new meat valve, aortic opening very small, 21mm was the correct
size, but he managed to get a 23 to fit. echos show no leaks, so things are looking
positive. feeling antsy, want to get out and go jogging, but they're trying to
limit my walking. ha. should start slowly climbing stairs tomorrow.
very bored, i've got 92 channels of bollywood musicals on the tube, and a couple
local papers, so i'll be walkiing around to all the nurses stations making a nuisance
of myself.
take care all, and hows zippydeb? she was scheduled for the day before me but
i haven't had time to scan every posting. just with her all the best for her recovery.