Hello everyone.
This is Eric, Bob's son. He has asked that we update you on his current progress. He is through the operation and all has gone well. The surgeon said a "film" had formed on 2 of the 3 leaflets causing them to open much less than designed and the 3rd leaflet was split. The film he referenced on the 2 leaflets is being analyzed - we don't know what that was at this point. The surgeon took a picture of the valve and also had the lab take a more detailed bird's eye view of it. We hope to see those pictures over the next few days as that would be pretty interesting. In any case, the description of the valve's condition certainly underlined the necessity and timeliness of this second AVR.
After they replaced the valve and got him "running" again, he so far has normal sinus rhythm (afib gone) and appears in very good shape. Although I would believe it much too early to tell, it appears some of the other issues he was seeing in his last echo (ex. regurgitation) may now be reduced or gone. He is off the ventilator and seems fine, albeit in pain from the procedure, and has already put us to work trying to steal extra ice chips when the nurse isn't looking
. I wouldn't be surprised if we had him home at week's end.
Thank you all for your kind wishes and support and we will be sure to update you should anything arise, however in all likelihood, the next post will be one from him.
This is Eric, Bob's son. He has asked that we update you on his current progress. He is through the operation and all has gone well. The surgeon said a "film" had formed on 2 of the 3 leaflets causing them to open much less than designed and the 3rd leaflet was split. The film he referenced on the 2 leaflets is being analyzed - we don't know what that was at this point. The surgeon took a picture of the valve and also had the lab take a more detailed bird's eye view of it. We hope to see those pictures over the next few days as that would be pretty interesting. In any case, the description of the valve's condition certainly underlined the necessity and timeliness of this second AVR.
After they replaced the valve and got him "running" again, he so far has normal sinus rhythm (afib gone) and appears in very good shape. Although I would believe it much too early to tell, it appears some of the other issues he was seeing in his last echo (ex. regurgitation) may now be reduced or gone. He is off the ventilator and seems fine, albeit in pain from the procedure, and has already put us to work trying to steal extra ice chips when the nurse isn't looking
. I wouldn't be surprised if we had him home at week's end.Thank you all for your kind wishes and support and we will be sure to update you should anything arise, however in all likelihood, the next post will be one from him.
