Adam’s Heart Valve Surgery Blog

I was walking up to my house earlier today… When this super, scary spider tried to attack me!!!

Instead of biting me, the spider started kissing and hugging me. Then, I realized it wasn’t a spider at all. It was Ethan, my six-month old son, enjoying his first Halloween.

Happy Halloween Everybody!!!

Ethan, Robyn and Adam

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About The Scary Spider’s Daddy: Adam Pick is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient’s Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. This unique book integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of 78 former valve surgery patients to help patients and caregivers better understand the problems, the opportunities and the realities of heart valve surgery. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.

My brother, Doug, just sent me these visual illusions. I thought the pictures were pretty amazing. Plus, I liked learning the science behind the illusion (see below).

Do you see what I see?

Flowing leaves - The brown leaf shapes against a green background make this look as if the entire group is flowing—making waves if you focus on the picture as a whole. Photo courtesy of Flickr.

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Hi everybody,

Thanks for all of your emails about Ethan, our six-month old son.

So you know, Ethan is doing ab-soooooooo-luuuuutely wonderful. He’s been very, very, very busy adjusting to his new life and his new parents, Robyn (my wife) and me. Here’s the latest Ethan update:

• Ethan watched his first Michigan Wolverines football game. As I went to Michigan for college, I was very happy to see him cheering for the right team.

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I want to wish all the fathers and families out there a very, very, very “HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!!!”

If you are new to this website, today is special for me as it is my 1st Father’s Day. Ethan, our son, was just born in April.

It’s amazing… Even though Ethan is only 11 weeks old, it’s hard to imagine that we ever lived a day without him. Robyn (my wife) and I are truly blessed.

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