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I'm very sad to have to report my father died yesterday morning at 1am. The whole family was with him in his last few days. He had suffered a lot of complications including developing dry gangrene in his feet (a side effect of the blood pressure drugs on someone with peripheral neuropathy)...

Surgeon spoke to my sister yesterday. Said that because Dad was frail before his operation it is going to take him a long time to recover but that he is a fighter.

Hi again. He's is off the ventilator which is good but because of this he is really tired too tired to write or communicate. Yesterday he went grey and collapsed. They thought it might be gas on his stomach pushing his diaphragm up and interfering with his breathing. He had a CAT scan but they...

He's doing better. Apparently he was sitting up in a chair today writing on a pad with legible handwriting (which is quite something in it's self!) The infection on his lungs is still there but not getting worse. Still needs the ventilator to breath. We all feel very relieved. Hopefully he will...

Thank you. That sounds like good advice.

Hi everyone. My father who is 87 had his valve replaced after 13 hours of surgery on the 25th February. The surgeon (one of the best in the UK) said the operation went well. My father was relatively strong before the operation. Post op he seemed ok but needed oxygen. Myself and my siblings...