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Post by biglakebass on May 24, 2021 7:45:42 GMT -6
Wishing the best for your wife Tom. You as well.
What you have accomplished the last several years is quite impressive. There are many men who cut way back on busy work at a much younger age than you.
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Post by Foggy on May 24, 2021 16:22:15 GMT -6
Had a discussion with the heart surgeon at Mpls Heart Institute / Abbot Hospital. Looks like my wife is going to be scheduled for a valve replacement in July. Will know more in the days to come. She had a valve about 20 years ago....and it has served well......but is now diminished to a point it needs to be replaced again (it's complicated). We've known this day would come....just never prepared when the time comes tho.
Optimistic for a good outcome. At least the Covid ordeal seems to be a non event now.
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Post by kooch on May 24, 2021 16:24:22 GMT -6
Had a discussion with the heart surgeon at Mpls Heart Institute / Abbot Hospital. Looks like my wife is going to be scheduled for a valve replacement in July. Will know more in the days to come. She had a valve about 20 years ago....and it has served well......but is now diminished to a point it needs to be replaced again (it's complicated). We've known this day would come....just never prepared when the time comes tho. Optimistic for a good outcome. At least the Covid ordeal seems to be a non event now. Mechanical or natural?
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Post by Foggy on May 24, 2021 16:44:23 GMT -6
Had a discussion with the heart surgeon at Mpls Heart Institute / Abbot Hospital. Looks like my wife is going to be scheduled for a valve replacement in July. Will know more in the days to come. She had a valve about 20 years ago....and it has served well......but is now diminished to a point it needs to be replaced again (it's complicated). We've known this day would come....just never prepared when the time comes tho. Optimistic for a good outcome. At least the Covid ordeal seems to be a non event now. Mechanical or natural? She currently has a "natural" homographic replacement valve (cadaver) and will get another natural one (bovine) with a "sleeve" in order to repair the area where it attaches to the heart. In this way she has not had to be on cumaden or blood thinners.....such as needed with a mechanical valve. This new sleeve will allow another new valve to be inserted - if she needs another replacement some years from now which could then be inserted through the groin area. Quite complicated to write this correctly....and she has some other complications due to another condition. This is an open-heart surgery and not the method where you "simply" insert a new valve via an artery. <---that would be a nice thing.....but no can do.
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Post by Reagan on May 24, 2021 16:45:00 GMT -6
I pray she does well. Does this require a few holes and robot surgery or do they split the sternum?
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Post by kooch on May 24, 2021 16:51:05 GMT -6
She currently has a "natural" homographic replacement valve (cadaver) and will get another natural one (bovine) with a "sleeve" in order to repair the area where it attaches to the heart. In this way she has not had to be on cumaden or blood thinners.....such as needed with a mechanical valve. This new sleeve will allow another new valve to be inserted - if she needs another replacement some years from now which could then be inserted through the groin area. Quite complicated to write this correctly....and she has some other complications due to another condition. This is an open-heart surgery and not the method where you "simply" insert a new valve via an artery. <---that would be a nice thing.....but no can do. You sound like you know stuff. It's clear to me you are listening to what they say.
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Post by Sandbur on May 24, 2021 16:55:45 GMT -6
Had a discussion with the heart surgeon at Mpls Heart Institute / Abbot Hospital. Looks like my wife is going to be scheduled for a valve replacement in July. Will know more in the days to come. She had a valve about 20 years ago....and it has served well......but is now diminished to a point it needs to be replaced again (it's complicated). We've known this day would come....just never prepared when the time comes tho. Optimistic for a good outcome. At least the Covid ordeal seems to be a non event now. We will keep praying for both of you.
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Post by Foggy on May 24, 2021 17:00:11 GMT -6
I pray she does well. Does this require a few holes and robot surgery or do they split the sternum? No robot or few holes. This is a major split the sternum and even will require another incision through an area in her shoulder so they can more quickly put her on bypass. Her surgeon does heart transplants, etc. This is all I am going to write on this topic. It gets hard to say this stuff correctly and it gets a bit private. She does not like me discussing her health here. Sorry - don't want to offend anyone - just not gonna respond to more in this area.
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Post by Reagan on May 24, 2021 18:46:53 GMT -6
No offense. My father in law went thru major bypass surgery not long after my first daughter was born. It was a major deal. If his neighbor hadn’t drug him to the hospital he wouldn’t be here now. That was 17 years ago. He is still doing well and we are going on vacation with him in a month.
Gotta love modern medicine.
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Post by smsmith on May 24, 2021 18:53:32 GMT -6
No offense. My father in law went thru major bypass surgery not long after my first daughter was born. It was a major deal. If his neighbor hadn’t drug him to the hospital he wouldn’t be here now. That was 17 years ago. He is still doing well and we are going on vacation with him in a month. Gotta love modern medicine. I often wonder about medicine in the years to come. Will humans have to make a conscious (legal?) decision as to when they will no longer accept "replacement parts"? I won't be a bit surprised if in 20 years they will be using our DNA to somehow grow/create new sets of lungs, kidneys, a heart, etc. Sorry for the off topic post
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Post by Foggy on May 24, 2021 19:01:31 GMT -6
No offense. My father in law went thru major bypass surgery not long after my first daughter was born. It was a major deal. If his neighbor hadn’t drug him to the hospital he wouldn’t be here now. That was 17 years ago. He is still doing well and we are going on vacation with him in a month. Gotta love modern medicine. I often wonder about medicine in the years to come. Will humans have to make a conscious (legal?) decision as to when they will no longer accept "replacement parts"? I won't be a bit surprised if in 20 years they will be using our DNA to somehow grow/create new sets of lungs, kidneys, a heart, etc. Sorry for the off topic post They are already doing some of this Stu (growing replacement parts). Crazy stuff.
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Post by smsmith on May 24, 2021 19:06:00 GMT -6
I often wonder about medicine in the years to come. Will humans have to make a conscious (legal?) decision as to when they will no longer accept "replacement parts"? I won't be a bit surprised if in 20 years they will be using our DNA to somehow grow/create new sets of lungs, kidneys, a heart, etc. Sorry for the off topic post They are already doing some of this Stu (growing replacement parts). Crazy stuff. Yep, I know. I don't think they have done so yet with major human organs (other than skin), but I could be wrong. It's just a matter of when, not if.
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Post by buckvelvet on May 25, 2021 6:51:44 GMT -6
Talking about this stuff gives me the hebegebes! Wish your wife well Foghat!
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