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Thanks for everyone?s well wishes and special thanks to giJanet for posting for me and chatting with my mom. Another salute out to AlCapshaw for my On-X valve which is ticking away as I type!
Surgery went well, Dr. Bove is a wonderful man and a skilled surgeon. The On-X rep/surgeon flew in the morning of my surgery to observe Dr. Bove and also brought my valve. I went from a failing 15mm valve to a 23mm On-X. Dr. Bove said he thinks mine may have been the smallest he has ever seen on anyone. Considering he is a pediatric surgeon that is really amazing to me. I had surgery on Monday the 23rd and they let me out on Saturday afternoon. My roommate was a beautiful 10 day old baby named Reese and I miss her terribly!!!!! I got really attached to her even though I tried really hard not to. I made friends with the lady in the room next door and her 8 day old baby Aubrey. I am such a sucker for babies!!!! All of the nurses I had were fantastic and loved to torment me....why do I bring that out in people
The only trouble I have had was at discharge when they said practically as I was being rolled down the hall in my wheel chair that I had an e-coli infection from my cath. Jeez. So I have antibiotic for that. I was warned that I did have some fluid around my heart but that the lasix should pull it out. What they FORGOT to mention was that I had fluid in my left lung which made it so I could hardly breathe by this afternoon. So I went to my regular doc and he ran tests and put me on Zaroxolyn followed by Lasix to pull the fluid out. He said I would feel better by tomorrow. I hope so, I am ready to walk and get going on recovery and I can barely manage laps around the living room right now!! All in all a good experience and I am glad I did it and it's done and over with. Having this group made it so much eaiser and I will continue to support others here and read in other threads to keep myself in good health.
Thanks to everyone.....Things look really nice on this side of the mountain...much clearer than I thought.
Surgery went well, Dr. Bove is a wonderful man and a skilled surgeon. The On-X rep/surgeon flew in the morning of my surgery to observe Dr. Bove and also brought my valve. I went from a failing 15mm valve to a 23mm On-X. Dr. Bove said he thinks mine may have been the smallest he has ever seen on anyone. Considering he is a pediatric surgeon that is really amazing to me. I had surgery on Monday the 23rd and they let me out on Saturday afternoon. My roommate was a beautiful 10 day old baby named Reese and I miss her terribly!!!!! I got really attached to her even though I tried really hard not to. I made friends with the lady in the room next door and her 8 day old baby Aubrey. I am such a sucker for babies!!!! All of the nurses I had were fantastic and loved to torment me....why do I bring that out in people
The only trouble I have had was at discharge when they said practically as I was being rolled down the hall in my wheel chair that I had an e-coli infection from my cath. Jeez. So I have antibiotic for that. I was warned that I did have some fluid around my heart but that the lasix should pull it out. What they FORGOT to mention was that I had fluid in my left lung which made it so I could hardly breathe by this afternoon. So I went to my regular doc and he ran tests and put me on Zaroxolyn followed by Lasix to pull the fluid out. He said I would feel better by tomorrow. I hope so, I am ready to walk and get going on recovery and I can barely manage laps around the living room right now!! All in all a good experience and I am glad I did it and it's done and over with. Having this group made it so much eaiser and I will continue to support others here and read in other threads to keep myself in good health.Thanks to everyone.....Things look really nice on this side of the mountain...much clearer than I thought.
