Since launching this website and publishing my book ^[1], I have been incredibly lucky to meet and become very friendly with many, many, many heart valve repair and heart valve replacement patients ^[2] and caregivers around the world. Needless to say, I am blessed to know you. And, I consider all of you a part of my family.

On that note, I have some wonderful news to share with you… Robyn, my wife, and I are expecting our first child – A BABY BOY!!!

Robyn recently entered her second trimester. All the tests (and we’ve had a bunch done) suggest that we are going to have a healthy newborn baby around April 11, 2009. Here is a profile ultrasound of Lil’ Baby Pick:

As you would imagine, Robyn has been amazing through her first trimester. Luckily, she has yet to have any real morning sickness. (To compensate for her lack of nausea, I had an allergic food reaction last weekend and vomited up a storm.)

This is one of the happiest times of my life. Thanks for being a part of it!!!

Keep on tickin!