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queenie61
I am back from my surgery and want to thank all of you for being so supportive during this difficult time. Tammy, I really appreciate you coming to see me and talking with my family. I think it helped all of us. I had started a thread a couple of weeks back wondering if there was such a thing as the valve being too small and not being able to replace it during surgery. My instincts were pretty close. The surgeon said my valve as well as my aorta have been too small since birth. I was only the third time in his career that he had chosen the wrong size valve to use before the surgery. He had to take a peice of my heart sac and make diamond shapes to enlage my aorta to fit a size 19 valve. He said it does go down to a size 17 but I would not have received any physical benefit after recovery. So with increased blood flow I hope to be a new woman with a lot more energy down the road. I am having a tough run with my INR level it is all over the place. I hope I can get that stable soon as it is pretty scary to go from way high to way low. I would love to write more but I'm getting tired. I will try to write again soon. Thanks again to the founder of vr.com and all of you guys just like me! Love Queenie
