Great news, I hope I recover as quickly next week as you are this week.

- Steven Dean

Great news Steve is going home! Hope you are able to spend some time with your daughter this weekend.

One week from today I hope to be almost zipped up and headed to ICU to begin my journey towards recovery.

Karen

Wow - - great progress Steve! I am glad you are rocketing toward full recovery. All the best. Peter L.

Spoke to you yesterday and you sounded amazing!!!!!!!! Your progress does not surprise me.......

Love, Elise

Hi Steve.

How are you feeling today? I hope your recovery is going well!

Based on my TEE, I only need a mitral valve repair. I saw that you also met with Dr. Hargrove. Would you mind emailing me your thoughts on him? My email is ginam3@comcast.net.

Thank you!!
Gina

Steve, so happy to hear of the great progess you are making. Pace yourself buddy. Hope you have another great day! Best, William

Gina, dr bavaria did mine. Do you also need aneurism repair?

So glad you are doing well! I'm wishing you a quick recovery!

Do you mind my asking who did your surgery? I have mine coming up in June and had a consult at Penn with Dr. Hargrove. I also have one at Mt Sinai.

Thank you!

Gina

Steve,

We missed you last night at Lee Newman's but we felt you their in spirit. Jenny and Jason put together a wonderful event. Stu was so pleased with the turnout he mentioned making this an annual event.

Pleased to hear your becoming irritable which means that your ready to blow Dodge and resume your normal high energy activities. Can't wait to see you on the street!

Martin

SO I DECIDED THIS MORNING YOU HAVENT LIVED UNTIL YOU experience your roomate having a bowel movement on the commode a few feet from your face. That moment defines "OMG"!

Love to all! Steve

Yo Stevie... I hear you have been relagated to secretary at the RoundTable! I missed because my daughter came home from college for short surprise visit! That means she needs money!!! Yesterday i confused myself on my vitamin stack and ended up taking 2000mg of Niacin.. I thought I was going to be joining you!!!!! I did learn something.. my productivity was amazing.. I'll be stacking Niacin for next month's meeting when you come back.. Be prepared.... Luv Ya Bro.. Speedo!

Glad to here you are amost back to being you normal pain in the buttocks, still waiting for my gown shot, LOL. If you need a private duty therapist when you get home, I'm your girl! Denise

give him my number...I was up at 5:30 ...wheels are turning thinking about my own surgery next Friday.

Hey all! Its me! Im signing my own guest book! From what im told im progressing well. These nurses are saints. They are. Ive had a racing heart beat and that is really scary. They are going to fix it.
Thanks to all of you! Your messages mean so much. I hope to be home sooon. Love, steve

Hey Buddy,

I am so glad to hear you are doing great. Keep up the good work and I will see you as soon as you are home settled. Let me know if you need anything.

Wendy

Steve, hang in there, I am thinking about you and praying for you. Take care and remember God never gives us more than we can handle. Denise K

Steve, thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery! Love, Brett and Joanne Straub

My best wishes for a speedy recovery Steve. I know it is not an easy proceedure as I helped my Mom through the same. Hope to catch up with you in the future.
Bill Butler.

I am confident Steve will do great. The first steps are the hardest because you are just so unsure of yourself. Soon enough, he will realize he can do this. Keep taking the pain meds to stay ahead of the pain. It will make rehab easier. And remember, they know what you are capable of, even if you don't. - Mitch Friedman

Good luck Steve, you can do this. After all you are now the role model for all of us who are going to be going thru this next :)
Has his daughter been able to visit or will he not see her until he is discharged? I am sure that even speaking to her would give him strength to persevere. K

I am so glad you are doing well, so quickly, keep up the speedy recovery! We miss you, Denise

It was great to hear your voice yesterday.....U broke every land...sea and air record....congrats....love, Elise

Wonderfull news!

Steve, glad to hear you are doing well, the surgery is behind you and you can focus on healing!! Anxious to hear your story. Praying for you, keep walking and stay strong!
Holly

so was that operation worse then Sunday's game?
By the way, team they tied won the tournament
Derek Kedziora

Steve,
So glad to see that you are doing so well!
I don't think I expected anything less than that.
Will continue to follow your progress.
Bonnie and Noah

For Alex: "...bad move as he's now talking..lol and talking and talking." HILARIOUS!!! Made me Laugh Out Loud!!

Glad to hear Steve is having a good DAY 1!!
All the best,
Alicia

Keep on walking and breathing and I hope you're getting better food than I am!

Sounds like your progressing as expected without complications. Progress is always slower than would desire so my advice is don't look at day to day progress but week to week. I assure you next week you will be so far along that you will be amazed by your progress.

Wishing you continued speedy recovery.

Martin

Yeah Steve! So glad to hear you are up and about. And I'd be worried if you weren't talking up a storm. So all good news! Keep it up the great work!

Thinking of you,
Esther

Let the nurses do their job Kantor and keep your mouth shut. They should have never taken the tube out. Glad to hear you're on the road to a speedy recovery. Been thinking about you and wishing you well.

Matt

Great to see you bounce back so well. You'll be home sooner than you think.

Jerry Vernhout

I take it the business referrals must have been pouring in?lol What kind of business btw?
Great news on being up and about.

Congratulations Steve. Welcome to the club.

Richard Volpe

I am so happy to hear you are up walking and talking you will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers!Thanks for the updates Alan!

I am so glad you are up and walking today, remember to take as much pain medication as possible! Denise

A new gill for Fish!

So happy you're pumping well!

xoxox

Gefilte

Shooter, glad to hear surgery went well and CARES now has another fine auction item. For the hospital staff's sake please avoid hitting them up for business and try to listen to the doctor's direction, at least once a day. Get well soon so we dont put the tube back in! -Brad

Hi Steve, Happy to hear all is well. The only referral I can give you right now is to get better and listen to the doctors. At the end you will get a promotion. First pay raise is getting out of hospital. Hope that helps.
For the long haul
Linda H

Great to hear the good news, looking forward to hearing from you, keep listening to your doctors and get well.

Don
(In Virginia)

Dude... if you are talking more than me, then you can go home now!!! Congrats Motor Mouth.. Does that mean you will be Chairing the meeting tomorrow? hahahahaha Your Bud, Speedo

Awesome news! Welcome to the other side of surgery Steve! You did it! Now shut up and walk. It will get you home faster. Great job buddy!

- Mitch Friedman

Glad to hear your surgery went well (it seems, anyway) and keep us posted with updates! Lots of love from me, Mike and Laila!!

Good news! Glad to hear things are going as expected. Tomorrow might be a rough day, but stay strong!!!
Holly P

Great news! Walking will hurt, but it's worth it. Thanks for letting us know things went well. -- DVB

Steve - glad to hear that you are out of surgery and on the road to recovery. Rest up, heal up, look ahead. Best wishes to you my friend.

William

Way to go Steve!

Nancy B

Stevie - thinking of you and sounds like you did great! Must be nice to have a new valve.... can't wait to see you on the dance floor now!! Tried to shoot you a text early this AM, but I am sure you were a little busy :)

Catch up with you soon!

Happy to hear the worst is over. It just gets better from here.
Selma

Steve,

So pleased to read (through your journal) that you're out of surgery and resting well in the ICU. I know you'll be back in no time - after all, I miss harassing you! Love. Sheri D.