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My Hummingbirds :) We have one bald eagle that must have a nest near by. We also have some damaging woodpeckers and lumberjacks.... Female deer in our front yard every dawn. We live on a river so we have an occaisonal great blue heron. In past years, we have had family of fox with kits...

That depends on a few factors; My husband was told by the Mayo in 2005 that he would probably get 7 years with a bovine, as I explained in my post above due to his physically demanding (on his heart, lots of lifting) lifestyle, at 34 years old. Tissue AND mechanical valve longevity will vary...

Love the hummingbird photos! I just purchased a 2nd large feeder today, in hopes to slow some of the fighting going on at my one feeder - reminds me so much of the battle scenes from Stars Wars with Tye Fighters and X wings. All I have here are the red throated variety.

Oh GREAT Ross! Now you are going to get me all wig-out again :p Crestor bad even if he is on the most teeny weeny dose??? Seriously do agree though :rolleyes: The long term goal is to get him off all this cholesterol lowering-statin crap and just do natural stuff. This is just the first...

Zetia-no affect on Nate's INR. No affect on his cholesterol either. Crestor, same; Nathan has genetically high cholesterol-300s, and good cholesterol was always pitifully low. March 2007 we added for the first time Salmon oil (because we HATE fish)1000mg daily. On Monday his cholesterol...

We just got back from Nathan's cardio at the Mayo, and I sure don't have 'stats' for anyone, but in Nathan's case, it was re-confirmed that with lifestyle (mainly, his repetitive heavy lifing for work and at home-far more than the average person) he would not have seen 10 years with a tissue...

Yes, I believe we did this also. Are the results posted somehwere?

We have talked about a career change for my husband also, but we always wind up against a brick wall; Where is he is at, there is a huge demand on him physically and mentally, but in a way...it keeps him going (not to mention 4 wks off in the summer d/t seniority). Danger around ever corner...

Yay!! What Wonderful NEWS! Wishing Big Sister and the entire family a big CONGRATS :)

Sorry to hear about your back injury Cooker! Hubby and I have wondered the same thing about meds and back injury. He has had lower lumbar injury 3 X prior to his AVR. The first time, he could barely walk. Apparently he has some irregularity of the lower spine and given his nature of work...

Welcome, glad you have found this site! My husband had his BAV replaced in 2005. I can't offer info on repairs of BAV, other than because my husband's valve was bicuspid, the Mayo wouldn't attempted a repair. There will be members with more first hand experiences dropping by soon with info...

I loved babies. I couldn't get enough of them growing up. I would babysit anything that was in diapers. I once babysat a 3 month old very small premie and 3 month old baby at the same time at a very busy resort. Fast Foward 30 +years, 2 kids and 10++ years of being a nurse, and I love to...

Hello and WELCOME! My husband had his AVR in Roch MN @ 34 yrs old. We had a very good experience with Dr Orszulak. He offered my husband a Bovine, St Jude or Carbomedics. My husband had his heart set on the ON-X, but at that time, the Mayo in MN refused to use them. Dr Orszulak wanted to...

Hello and welcome! My husband had bacterial endocarditis 2 years ago this month at 34 years old. That was the worst week we have ever experienced in our lives and he has thankfully recovered without any long term complications. We learned of a 45 year old man who lost his life to BE last...

Sub Hemes... Sub Hemes... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Subconjunctival hemorrhage Classification & external resources ICD-10 H11.3 ICD-9 372.72 A subconjunctival hemorrhage is a common and relatively minor post-LASIK complication.A subconjunctival...

The surgeon I now work for feels that subcutaneous bleeding is harder to control on Aspirin than on Warfarin...Go figure...I never noted a difference really. We don't make people stop aspirin or warfarin for little minor skin lesion removals. We just hold pressure longer, and no peeking :) I...

Nathan was told that by his cardio that he can taken Ibuprofen for Migranes on a as-needed basis only, and usually he only needs to take two and he is done. I make him take them on a full stomach or with milk, followed by a big water chaser :) It will be interesting to see what happens if he...

Wow! I HATE strep (hubby had endocardititis d/t Strep Viridans). Gary's situation sounds very unique Chrisitine. I would contact another infection control specialist and get a 2nd opinion. It sounds like your daughter is only deactivated and still a carrier? I have a friend that has a...

Hi Jed My husband also had bacterial endocarditis due to strep viridans, although it is felt that it was not aquired via dental procedures or from anything in his mouth. He was told after having endocarditis once, he will be even more likely to get it again, more so than someone with a...

Hey Cooker! Have a super cruise! Nathan wants to do a cruise to Hawaii for our next cruise, but I don't know if we could ever pull it off $$$. So much cheaper when you can drive to your ship's port! Please come back and post all of the exciting details!