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It was the aortic valve that was replaced and he has told the Dr's to speak freely in front of me so I am pretty well up to speed with this surgery as well as the previous one. He did still have infection after the previous surgery as he was sent to a rehad facility for 6 weeks as he had a pic...

Kenny Wayne has been sick on and off since his last AVR just 8 short months ago. We have taken him to the hospital on several occasions but no one was ever able to find anything wrong with him. Friday night he said to me, "I just don't feel right, I feel sick like before my surgery, I am...

They are all MCV Dr's so it's a little over 2 hour drive for me. I have called and they said it could take as much as 3 days for someone to get back to me? I'm not sure if I am over reacting or if I should just drive up there? Still feeling bad and fever is still coming and going. It seems...

They did a flu test and that was negative, the blood test was a CBC to see if I had any infections and they said that was negative. I am concerned as I know I simply do not feel right and there is no explination for the fevers if something is not wrong. THey did not do a colture. My surgery...

I had AVR on May 8, 2009 and I am highly concerned as I am now starting to feel sick again as I did prior to my surgery. I had a fever of 102 and went to my local hospital. They took blood and urine but were unable to find anything wrong with me. The Dr stated that my white blood cell count...

I wish there were a standard answer to your question, how do you get endocarditious? The truth is there are many ways and you may never truely know how you got it. My boyfriend had it and it lead to AVR and a root replacement as well. He was initially diagnosed with a staff infection, we do...

Well we took my boyfriend back to the Dr yesterday for a checkup and things are looking up! The pacemaker has been kicking in some to help his heart however it appears his heart has not stopped beating at all! The Dr released him for work however since he is an auto mechanic he will be on...

It is comforting to read so many replies and no that we are not alone out here. We just hoped things would go a little smoother with him being so young. He has not yet been released to return to work and it seems he has more health issues now than before. The Dr did tell us it could take up...

He has a pacemaker and it is giving his heart a little jump about once a week. We had hoped he would not need a pacer at all being so young however after surgery his heart just would not do it on its own. He is seeing his Dr about once a month and we keep a log of his problems however we don't...

I am so happy to find someone on here in the same age group. I am 26 and had AVR on 5/8/09 and I also had a root replacement. I too faced the decision of a tissue or mechanical valve and I chose tissue to avoid coumadin. The final decision was up to the Dr as I had infection in my heart so we...

My boyfriend had an Aortic Valve Replacement as well as a root replacement on 5-8-09. Some days he is fine and other days his heart rate jumps all over the place and he has difficulty breathing. He has a pace maker and it shocks his heart about once a week. He is only 26 years old so we had...