Looking Good After Surgery for Jeff Ring

[jeferi]

I am entering this message on behalf of Jeff Ring, who had his valve replacement surgery at Kaiser in San Francisco yesterday (Tuesday, June 10, 2003). I saw him last Wednesday, at which time he was unsure what type of valves he would be getting: mechanical, pig, or bovine. I got an email from him over the weekend implying he had decided to go with the mechanical valves in spite of the daily blood thinners and all that goes along with that decision. (He said the next time I see him he would be the $70K bionic man )

Sadly, I did not get a chance to speak with him before he went into surgery, though my thoughts were with him. He did send me an email asking me to post a message to this message board, though, letting everyone know how he was doing after his surgery.

I feel so delinquent for not letting him know that I would, but I have two daughters who are just finishing school for the year, so here I am at 3:45am on the Wednesday morning after Jeff's surgery, the only time I can find during these busy last few days of the year, happily letting you all know that, while the hospital is not allowed to give out detailed info to non-family members, they did tell me he is doing just fine and should be out of CICU within another 24 hours. Go Jefe!!

I hope to be able to visit him tomorrow and will try to provide another update after that visit.

--Namaste everyone
Jeff's friend, Sydney

 

[Ross]

Thank You Sydney!

Please keep us up to date when the information becomes available. We worry like parents over everyone going through surgery.

It's good to know that he's on his way to recovery.

 

[Nancy]

Congratulations Jeff.

That's great news. Thank you Sydney for letting us know.

 

[epstns]

Whew! Good to hear!

Now we can go back to "normal" breathing, now that we've heard that Jeff got to the next level!

 

[bvdr]

One more safely over the mountain! I hope we hear from everyone else as well. Many prayers for any uneventful recovery as well.

Betty(bvdr)

 

[carbomedic]

Welcome to our side of the mountain Jeff. Thanks Sydney for keeping us informed.

carbo

 

[hensylee]

They all go marching, one by one, hooray, hooray - another one over the top of the mountain. welcome to this side, Jeff. Nice to have you on the good side. Hope all is going well for you. God bless - ann

And thanks to Sydney to taking her valuable time to let us know. She is a true friend.

 

[Granbonny]

Glad Jeff is doing well. Tell him hello from all of us at V.R.com..Bonnie

 

[Georgia]

Way to go, Jeff

Way to go, Jeff

Oh, I do like all this good news!!!!

Congrats Jeff - we're all waiting on you to get home and resume your posts (we don't ask much of each other!!!).

Thanks so much, Sydney - it means a lot to find out that our folks are okay.

 

[Johnny Stephens]

That's the stuff

That's the stuff

Way to go, Jeff! Glad to hear you made it through. Thanks, Syndey for letting us know.

 

[Jan]

Hi Jeff

Good to hear that the surgery is over,

may you have a speedy recovery

Take it easy

Jan

 

[Vicki448]

Good news! Thanks for sharing. It's all downhill from here.

 

[EVELYN]

MUCH CONGRATS, JEFF........By now those Mack trucks that hit you are long gone down the road and you're feeling a tiny bit better. Every day will be better for you. Again, mucho congrats that you're on the downside of the hill.

Evelyn

 

[jeferi]

I'm home!!!!!!!!

I'm home!!!!!!!!

Hi everybody thanks so much for all the warm thoughts, wasn't nearly the hurdle I had prepared myself for. Feeling pretty decent considering. Will post ,more later
Jeff

 

[Nancy]

Hi Jeff-

Home is best of all. That's just wonderful!

 

[ccrawford]

Homw sweet home

Homw sweet home

Hi Jeff- congratulations and welcome home. Keep up the good work and you'll feel a little better every day. Glad to hear it all went well for you. Chris