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Just wanted to say how much all of your contributions into the information bank meant to me and my family. I am happy to report that my dad did go ahead with his surgery yesterday. His valve replacement and aeorta repair surgery lasted 5 hours and went without a hitch.
I shared all of the information that I got here with my dad, Aunt and sister, and I know that it really helped us all.
My brother in law is a doc with Boulder Hospital in CO and had implicite faith in the capabilities of the surgeon. I paid $10 to do a backround check on the fellow and he came up clean. He trained in TX with DeBakey and has an impressive background which includes many heart transplant surgeries. His credentials included thorasic surgery as well as infectious disease in addition to cardiac.
After sharing all the info I got here, in the final weeks before surgery I found some sites about the benefits of a positive mental attitude as well as a site that had some great info on what to expect after surgery with my dad. I am going to post that in a seperate thread.
My dad was in good health, aside from the aeortic stenosis, prior to surgery and I am happy to report that he was a real champ post surgery where he got the thing out of his throat in record time. He is 75 and I know he greatly looks forward to getting back to his hiking and travels to Venice.
I wish you all the very best!!
Suz
re valve type, they ended up putting in a bovine type valve. The doc said that he normally determines whether pig or bovine by the size of the artery, pig being more appropriate for smaller artery replacement.
My brother in law is a doc with Boulder Hospital in CO and had implicite faith in the capabilities of the surgeon. I paid $10 to do a backround check on the fellow and he came up clean. He trained in TX with DeBakey and has an impressive background which includes many heart transplant surgeries. His credentials included thorasic surgery as well as infectious disease in addition to cardiac.
After sharing all the info I got here, in the final weeks before surgery I found some sites about the benefits of a positive mental attitude as well as a site that had some great info on what to expect after surgery with my dad. I am going to post that in a seperate thread.
My dad was in good health, aside from the aeortic stenosis, prior to surgery and I am happy to report that he was a real champ post surgery where he got the thing out of his throat in record time. He is 75 and I know he greatly looks forward to getting back to his hiking and travels to Venice.
I wish you all the very best!!
Suz
re valve type, they ended up putting in a bovine type valve. The doc said that he normally determines whether pig or bovine by the size of the artery, pig being more appropriate for smaller artery replacement.
At least that's what I keep telling myself. I've got a friend in his 70s who had a six-way bypass on 12/16/03 and is doing really well. He feels great and looks better than he has in a long time.
