3/11/09 - 5:15PM
The T.E.E. is over.
Dr. Jutzy found me in the waiting room and explained the results of her test. He said that they confirmed what they thought they saw yesterday. One cuspid of the Aortic valve is completely disintegrated. There is barely anything there anymore and it is amazing that she is doing as well as she is. It needs to be replaced urgently. If it wasn't for the possibility of her having an infection, they would have probably already wheeled her into the OR. He did said that her Pulmotic valve is holding up remarkably well for it's age. There is no clear answer as to how long those valves will last. If the surgeon studies the test results and feels that we may have to replace that valve in 3 or so years, he will most likely want to replace it at the same time. They did discover that she now has a small leak in her Mitral Valve. I don't know where that is because this is something new. Both Dr. Jutzy and Dr. Bansal agree that this is probably due to the enlarging of the heart and they suspect that it will correct itself when the heart contracts to it's normal size again. Let's hope so.
Her surgeon will be coming by shortly to talk to me about what he feels the best option will be in terms of when to schedule her operation and what exactly we are going to do.
The more I learn about this, the more I discover what an amazing machine the human body is. How such a critical part can fail and how the body compensates to keep itself alive.
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He pisses everyone off in the house, then he feels better. We try everything we know how to get him to get up. Bribes, threts, everything. Nothing works. Everyone pay attention to the little brat in bed. Only then is he happy. pure sleep mouth guard
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