Paul's Guestbook

My humble opinion as a heart patient and retired nurse is yes, you need to write a letter. Maybe to the hospital administrator and possibly even to the state of MI hospital association and/or the MI medical society. Again you may get a form letter as an answer but your letter should be kept on file by them and you will feel better. Since Paul is a nurse guess you have to think about whether or not this will jeopardize his career. But, I don\'t know where he works, so it may not matter. I know you are recalling the scare with your son\'s experience and some of that fear is still with you. Hope I haven\'t been to forward with my answer, but this journal is a place where we can feel free to express ourselves with the intent of helping others. You can find me by clicking on the Journal Central and typing in \"Fran\" to see my journal. Please leave me a message in my guestbook to let me know what you decided to do, if anything. Praying about decisions always helps me. Fran

Great news. Being persistent really paid off. makes you wonder how there could be so many changes in diagnoses? But you got the best of the diagnosis!!! Take care, both of you. Fran

Hello Paul & Jennifer. Welcome to HVJ, a great place to read everyone else\'s experience with heart valve surgery. I\'m glad to see that you got a 2nd opinion - I did the same & it convinced me to get my surgery done sooner rather than taking a \"wait & see\" approach. On July 21, I had aortic valve replacement surgery along with a bypass of my narrowed aorta. Read our journals, visit our guestbooks & ask questions. Best of luck to you both - Joy Vera