Mary & Eric, it was so good to read your last report. I can only imagine your distress but I am so glad to hear that Eric has improved. Just to clarify one thing to ease your mind a little, you mentioned, Mary, that Eric had an allergy to formaldehyde. Tissue valves (including the BIOCOR) are stored in glutaraldehyde not formaldehyde. Glutaraldehyde has a distinctly different molecular structure from formaldehyde and even as it degrades does not produce formaldehyde. Also, the process of preparing the valve tissue effectively destroys the porcine DNA in the valve so that the human body does not recognize it as foreign.
I hope your trip home is uneventful and look forward to reading your next update. Both of you take care of yourselves.
Larry