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Innercalm
the anxious mom is still anxious at times but I am at cleveland clinic where my son (age 35) had his mitral valve REPAIRED by Dr. Cosgrove on thursday 4/20. The repair took about 90 minutes. He also patched the hole that was there at birth and never closed. It is day 3 and James is already putting a tee shirt on and walking the halls easily. On the humerous side, when I received the call from Dr. Cosgrove that the repair was finished, I said that I was surprised that it hadn't taken a longer time. His response was " I am so sorry about that".
If we had had the surgery in our state, the incision would have been the standard 12 inch. Also, in our state, it would have undoubtedly been a replacement since that is standard. I will not be a stranger to this site as the years go by but I have been so blessed to have found this site and hear all of the information provided by the other members. May God bless you all.
Innercalm
If we had had the surgery in our state, the incision would have been the standard 12 inch. Also, in our state, it would have undoubtedly been a replacement since that is standard. I will not be a stranger to this site as the years go by but I have been so blessed to have found this site and hear all of the information provided by the other members. May God bless you all.
Innercalm
When he came into the operating theater (he did my mitral valve repair November 2003), I had tears rolling down my cheeks - I apologized and he said, "That's all right, I make all the girls cry." 
